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.
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Credit:ESO/Igor Chekalin
About the Image
| Id: | eso1103a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 19 January 2011, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1103 |
| Size: | 8948 x 8597 px |
About the Object
| Name: | M 42, Messier 42, Orion Nebula |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
| Constellation: | Orion |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 5 35 17.32 |
| Position (Dec): | -5° 23' 27.55" |
| Field of view: | 35.49 x 34.10 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Ultraviolet U | 340 nm | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical B | 451 nm | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical V | 539 nm | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical H-alpha | 658 nm | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical R | 651 nm | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |