Wide-field image of the sky around the Fried Egg nebula

This visible light wide-field image of the region around the yellow hypergiant star IRAS 17163-3907 was created from photographs taken through blue, red and infrared filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The star appears close to the centre, indistinguishable from thousands of others. This very rich star field in the direction of the centre of the Milky Way also features the blue ring-shaped planetary nebula NGC 6337 to the upper left of centre, as well as several star clusters and some faint clouds of glowing gas. The field of view is approximately 2.9 degrees across.

Bildnachweis:

ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2

Über das Bild

ID:eso1136c
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:28. September 2011 12:00
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso1136
Größe:10651 x 10674 px

Über das Objekt

Name:IRAS 17163-3907
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary
Milky Way : Star : Type : Exotic
Entfernung:13000 Lichtjahre
Constellation:Scorpius
Kategorie:Nebulae
Stars

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Koordinaten

Position (RA):17 19 49.32
Position (Dec):-39° 10' 37.42"
Field of view:178.78 x 179.16 arcminutes
Orientierung:Die Nordrichtung liegt 0.6° rechts zur Vertikale

Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichTeleskop
Optisch
R
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Optisch
G
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Infrarot
I
Digitized Sky Survey 2