Nebula NGC 6164-5
noirlab_gemini0605a June 4th, 2006
Credit: International Gemini Observatory
NGC 6164-5 imaged at Gemini South. The emission nebula NGC 6164-5 is a rectangular, bipolar cloud with rounded corners and a diagonal bar producing an inverted S-shaped appearance. It lies about 1,300 parsecs (4,200 light-years) away in the constellation Norma. The nebula measures about 1.3 parsecs (4.2 light-years) across, and contains gases ejected by the star HD 148937 at its heart. This star is 40 times more massive than the Sun, and at about three to four million years of age, is past the middle of its life span. Stars this massive usually live to be only about six million years old, so HD 148397 is aging fast. It will likely end its life in a violent supernova explosion.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini0605a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
View Options
Download Options
Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- gemini0605a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 6164, NGC 6165
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory
- Release Date
- 2006-06-04T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini0605a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South
- Instrument
- GMOS-S, GMOS-S, GMOS-S
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- SII, H-alpha, OIII
- Central Wavelength
- 672, 656, 499
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 248.470604183, -48.1105168368
- Reference Dimension
- 3340.0, 3153.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1670.0, 1576.5
- Scale
- -2.88924445938e-05, 2.88924445938e-05
- Rotation
- 175.46000000000004
- 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
- gemini0605a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini0605a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2007-10-16T14:41-10:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.0
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
