VISTAòÀÙs look at the Helix Nebula
ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has captured this unusual view of the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), a planetary nebula located 700 light-years away. The coloured picture was created from images taken through Y, J and K infrared filters. While bringing to light a rich background of stars and galaxies, the telescope's infrared vision also reveals strands of cold nebular gas that are mostly obscured in visible images of the Helix.ˆà
Credit:ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
About the Image
Id: | eso1205a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 19 January 2012, 12:00 |
Related releases: | eso1205 |
Size: | 6592 x 6592 px |
About the Object
Name: | Helix Nebula, NGC 7293 |
Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary |
Distance: | 700 light years |
Constellation: | Aquarius |
Category: | • Nebulae |
Mounted Image
Image Formats
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 22 29 38.61 |
Position (Dec): | -20° 50' 14.00" |
Field of view: | 37.51 x 37.51 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.0° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Infrared Y | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy VIRCAM |
Infrared Pseudocolour (J+Y) | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy VIRCAM |
Infrared K | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy VIRCAM |
Infrared J | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy VIRCAM |
Infrared K | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy VIRCAM |
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