Stellar Nursery Blooms into View
The OmegaCAM imager on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope has captured this glittering view of the stellar nursery called Sharpless 29. Many astronomical phenomena can be seen in this giant image, including cosmic dust and gas clouds that reflect, absorb, and re-emit the light of hot young stars within the nebula.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso1740a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 13 December 2017, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1740 |
| Size: | 17603 x 14731 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Sharpless 29 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 18 9 40.41 |
| Position (Dec): | -24° 1' 29.60" |
| Field of view: | 62.83 x 52.58 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 90.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical g | 480 nm | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |
| Optical r | 625 nm | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |
| Optical Redshifted H Alpha +NII | 852 nm | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |
| Optical i | 770 nm | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |