Digitized Sky Survey image around NGC 2467
This vivid picture of an active star forming region — NGC 2467, otherwise known as the Skull and Crossbones nebula — is as sinister as it is beautiful. This image of dust, gas and bright young stars, gravitationally bound into the form of a grinning skull, was captured with the FORS instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Whilst ESO’s telescopes are usually used for the collection of science data, their immense resolving power makes them ideal for capturing images such as this — which are beautiful for their own sake.
The image is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), and shows the region surrounding NGC 2467. The field of view is approximately 2.4 x 2.0 degrees.
Mynd/Myndskeið:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
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Auðkenni: | eso1834b |
Tegund: | Athuganir |
Útgáfudagur: | Okt 24, 2018, 17:00 CEST |
Tengdar fréttatilkynningar: | eso1834 |
Stærð: | 10817 x 10477 px |
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Nafn: | NGC 2467 |
Tegund: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region |
Fjarlægð: | 4500 ljósár |
Constellation: | Puppis |
Flokkur: | Nebulae |
Myndasnið
Bakgrunnsmynd
Hnit
Position (RA): | 7 52 23.76 |
Position (Dec): | -26° 26' 50.92" |
Field of view: | 181.75 x 176.04 arcminutes |
Stefna: | Norður er 0.9° vinstri frá lóðréttu |
Litir og síur
Tíðnisvið | Bylgjulengd | Sjónauki |
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Sýnilegt B | 479 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
Sýnilegt R | 649 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |