370-million-pixel starscape of the Lagoon Nebula
The third image of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project is an amazing vista of the Lagoon Nebula taken with the 67-million-pixel Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. The image covers more than one and a half square degree — an area eight times larger than that of the Full Moon — with a total of about 370 million pixels. It is based on images acquired using three different broadband filters (B, V, R) and one narrow-band filter (H-alpha).
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About the Image
| Id: | eso0936a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 28 September 2009 |
| Related releases: | eso0936 |
| Size: | 23569 x 15784 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Lagoon Nebula, NGC 6523 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Interstellar Medium |
| Distance: | 5000 light years |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 18 3 36.99 |
| Position (Dec): | -24° 23' 12.97" |
| Field of view: | 93.49 x 62.61 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 456 nm | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical V | 539 nm | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical R | 651 nm | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical H-alpha | 658 nm | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |