Javascript must be enabled to use AstroPix. Learn How!

M2-9 with Adaptive Optics

Noirlab_gemini-20080825-m2-9-0001_1024

noirlab_gemini-20080825-m2-9-0001 November 22nd, 2005

Credit: International Gemini Observatory

Color composite adaptive optics image of the planetary nebula M2-9 using the ALTAIR adaptive optics system on Gemini North. This image reveals remarkable details in the dynamic gas outflows from a dying star. It is thought that our Sun might meet a similar fate in 4-5 billion years once its hydrogen nuclear fuel becomes scarce and instabilities expel gas into space. The concentric shells of gas are still a mystery to astronomers and these data will help to understand the complexities surrounding this beautiful object. Technical Details: Image made from near-infrared images in K' band (green), K+H2=1-0 (violet) and FeII (orange). Field of view is 38.5 x 42.5 arcseconds with the Gemini Near Infrared Imager (NIRI) at f/14.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini-20080825-m2-9-0001/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

View Options

Fullscreen

View in WorldWide Telescope

Download Options

Full Size Image (850 x 850)
Source TIFF (4.17 MB)

Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: M2-9

Noirlab_gemini-20080825-m2-9-0001_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 5m 38.0s; DEC = -10° 8’ 32.3”
Orientation: North is 45.2° CW
Field of View: 0.7 x 0.7 arcminutes
Constellation: Ophiuchus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Gemini-N (NIRI)	Infrared (Fell)	1.6 µm
	Gemini-N (NIRI)	Infrared (H2 1-0 S(1))	21.2 µm
	None (None)	Infrared (None)	2.2 µm
	Gemini-N (NIRI)	Infrared (K)	2.2 µm

Spectrum_ir1

Orange

Purple

Purple

Green

Noirlab_gemini-20080825-m2-9-0001_1280

×

ID: gemini-20080825-m2-9-0001
Subject Category
Subject Name: M2-9
Credits: International Gemini Observatory

Release Date: 2005-11-22T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini-20080825-m2-9-0001/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Gemini North, Gemini North, None, Gemini North
Instrument: NIRI, NIRI, None, NIRI
Color Assignment: Orange, Purple, Purple, Green

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: Fell, H2 1-0 S(1), None, K
Central Wavelength: 1644, 21239, 2200, 2200

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 256.408135621, -10.1422954978
Reference Dimension: 850.0, 850.0

Reference Pixel: 425.0, 425.0
Scale: -1.35929438687e-05, 1.35929438687e-05
Rotation: -45.179999999999986
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email

Telephone
Address: 950 North Cherry Ave.
City: Tucson
State/Province: AZ

Postal Code: 85719
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID: noirlab
Resource ID: gemini-20080825-m2-9-0001

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini-20080825-m2-9-0001.tif
Related Resources

Metadata Date: 2005-10-25T11:45:02-08:00
Metadata Version: 1.0

×

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

There is no distance meta data in this image.

Providers | Sign In

Nasa_partner

NASA’s Universe of Learning materials are based upon work supported by NASA under cooperative agreement award number NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The award is part of NASA’s Science Activation program, which strives to further enable NASA science experts and content into the learning environment more effectively and efficiently with learners of all ages.