CONCERTO show starts with new view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula

This image of the star-forming region NGC 6334, also known as the Cat’s Paw Nebula, is one of the first-light images taken by the CONCERTO instrument on the APEX telescope, operated by ESO. The new observations, shown in white and pink tones, have been superimposed to an image of the same region taken in near-infrared light by ESO’s VISTA telescope at Paranal.

CONCERTO is able to scan the sky at frequencies between infrared and radio waves and has been designed to look at radiation emitted by ionised carbon atoms, one of the most valuable tracers of star formation in the early cosmic ages.

Credit:

ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit

About the Image

Id:ann21010a
Type:Observation
Release date:6 July 2021, 14:00
Related announcements:ann21010
Size:2076 x 1390 px

About the Object

Name:Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC 6334
Type:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Constellation:Scorpius
Category:Nebulae
Stars

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Coordinates

Position (RA):17 20 50.79
Position (Dec):-35° 46' 29.53"
Field of view:36.88 x 24.70 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 59.9° left of vertical

Colours & filters

BandWavelengthTelescope
Infrared
Y
1.02 μmVisible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
VIRCAM
Millimeter
195-310 GHz
1.2 mmAtacama Pathfinder Experiment
CONCERTO
Infrared
J
1.252 μmVisible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
VIRCAM
Infrared
H
1.645 μmVisible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
VIRCAM
Millimeter
130-270GHz
1.5 mmAtacama Pathfinder Experiment
CONCERTO