Galactic Center
noirlab_gemini-gccolor August 17th, 2004
Credit: International Gemini Observatory, National Science Foundation and the University of Hawaii Adaptive Optics Group
This extremely high resolution image of the region around the galactic center (at lower right) shows new details including a bow-shock structure in an infrared source called IRS-8 (see close-up on this album). See Image Release for details Technical Details: Image is moasic of 4 images combined to produce the largest, high-resolution image of the region around the galactic center ever obtained (as of 2000). Images obtained in July and August 2000 using Gemini with Hokupa'a/QUIRC Adaptive Optics system. Ea
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini-gccolor/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- gemini-gccolor
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Galactic Center
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory, National Science Foundation and the University of Hawaii Adaptive Optics Group
- Release Date
- 2004-08-17T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini-gccolor/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini North, Gemini North
- Instrument
- Hokupa'a-36 / QUIRC, Hokupa'a-36 / QUIRC
- Color Assignment
- Cyan, Orange
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- H, K
- Central Wavelength
- 1650, 2200
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 266.419735303, -29.0035937244
- Reference Dimension
- 720.0, 789.0
- Reference Pixel
- 360.0, 394.5
- Scale
- -1.39066372932e-05, 1.39066372932e-05
- Rotation
- -0.15999999999999995
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- 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-gccolor
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini-gccolor.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2019-12-15T22:05:46+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
