Wide-field view of the sky around the red giant star L2 Puppis
This image shows the region of sky in the southern constellation of Puppis surrounding the red giant star L2 Puppis. This rich area of the Milky Way includes glowing red clouds of hydrogen as well as some dusty clouds known as cometary globules. This picture was assembled from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
| Id: | eso1523d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 June 2015, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1523 |
| Size: | 9984 x 9379 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 7 13 32.74 |
| Position (Dec): | -44° 38' 27.22" |
| Field of view: | 167.99 x 157.81 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 2.0° left of vertical |
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