Visible Light Image of W5
Credit: Digital Sky Survey
Observation • November 9th, 2005 • ssc2005-23a2
ssc2005-23a2
This is a visible-light picture of the region dubbed the "Mountains of Creation."The visible-light image is from California Institute of Technology's Digitized Sky Survey, where B-band data has been mapped to cyan, and R-band data has been mapped to red.
About the Object
- Name
- Mountains of Creation • W5
- Type
- Nebula > Type > Star Formation
- Distance
- 7,000 Light Years
Color Mapping
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical | 440 nm | DSS |
| Optical | 700 nm | DSS |
Astrometrics
- Position (J2000)
- RA =3h 1m 25.1s
- Dec = 60° 34' 54.5"
- Field of View
- 34.8 x 25.9 arcminutes
- Orientation
- North is 84.2° left of vertical
