The GigaGalaxy Zoom composite
The three images of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project showing the sky at different levels: from the view seen by the unaided eye to one seen through an amateur telescope, with a final zoom in onto the Lagoon Nebula as seen through a professional telescope.
Credit:
ESO/S. Guisard/S. Brunier
About the Image
| Id: | eso0936b |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 28 September 2009 |
| Related releases: | eso0936 |
| Size: | 3000 x 5311 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation • Nebulae |
| Distance: | 5000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m WFI |
| Optical V |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m WFI |
| Optical R |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m WFI |
| Optical H-alpha |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m WFI |
Notes: Exposure information refers to the bottom image. The other two pictures taken through an amateur telescope.
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