The colourful star cluster NGC 2367
This rich view of an array of colourful stars and gas was captured by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) camera, on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. It shows a young open cluster of stars known as NGC 2367, an infant stellar grouping that lies at the centre of an immense and ancient structure on the margins of the Milky Way.
Credit:ESO/G. Beccari
About the Image
| Id: | eso1526a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 1 July 2015, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1526 |
| Size: | 8667 x 8179 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 2367 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open |
| Constellation: | Canis Major |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 7 20 1.75 |
| Position (Dec): | -21° 52' 46.39" |
| Field of view: | 34.37 x 32.44 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
View in WorldWide Telescope:
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Ultraviolet U | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical B | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical V | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Infrared I | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical H-alpha | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |