The Orion Nebula*

This new image of the Orion Nebula was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This image is a composite of several exposures taken through a total of five different filters. Light that passed through a red filter, as well as light from a filter that shows the glowing hydrogen gas, is coloured red. Light in the yellow–green part of the spectrum is coloured green, blue light is coloured blue and light that passed through an ultraviolet filter has been coloured purple. The exposure times were about 52 minutes through each filter. 

This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop.

Kredit:

ESO/Igor Chekalin

O snímku

Id:eso1103a
Typ:Pozorování
Datum zveřejnění:19. ledna 2011 12:00
Související články:eso1103
Velikost:8948 x 8597 px

O objektu

Jméno:M 42, Messier 42, Orion Nebula
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region
Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Vzdálenost:1400 světelné roky
Constellation:Orion
Kategorie:Nebulae

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Souřadnice

Position (RA):5 35 17.32
Position (Dec):-5° 23' 27.55"
Field of view:35.49 x 34.10 arcminutes
Orientace:Sever je 0.0° levá od svislé osy

Barvy & filtry

PásmoVlnová délkaDalekohled
Ultrafialový
U
340 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optický
B
451 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optický
V
539 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optický
H-alpha
658 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optický
R
651 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI