Complex Planetary Nebula Sh2-71
noirlab_gemini1205a May 14th, 2012
Credit: International Gemini Observatory
Gemini Legacy image of the complex planetary nebula Sh2-71 as imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on Gemini North on Mauna Kea in Hawai‘i. The long-assumed central star is the brightest star near the center, but some astronomers wonder if the much dimmer and bluer star (just to the right and down a bit) might be the parent of this beautiful object. See Image Release for details Technical Details: The image is composed of three narrow-band images, and each is assigned a color as follows: H-alpha (orange), HeII (blue) and [OIII] (cyan). Each image is 15 minutes in duration, the field-of-view is 5.3 x 3.6 arcminutes, and the image is rotated 110 degrees clockwise from north up, east left.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1205a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- gemini1205a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Sh2-71
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory
- Release Date
- 2012-05-14T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1205a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North
- Instrument
- GMOS-N, GMOS-N, GMOS-N
- Color Assignment
- Cyan, Blue, Orange
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- OIII, Hell, Ha
- Central Wavelength
- 499, 468, 656
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 285.499727205, 2.15253881546
- Reference Dimension
- 2197.0, 1468.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1098.5, 734.0
- Scale
- -4.04690743451e-05, 4.04690743451e-05
- Rotation
- -69.960000000000008
- 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
- gemini1205a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini1205a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:23.869039
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
