Planetary Nebula HFG1
noirlab_noao-hfg1 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab) & H. Schweiker (NSF NOIRLab)
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. HFG1 is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It was produced by a binary star system (V664 Cas) that is moving rapidly through our Galaxy. The star is moving towards the upper-right of the image. As HFG1 plows through the interstellar medium, a bluish bowshock is produced; and a red trail of gas is left behind in its wake. The image was generated with observations in the Hydrogen alpha (red) and Oxygen [OIII] (blue) filters. In this image, North is down and East is to the right.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-hfg1/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-hfg1
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- HFG1
- Credits
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab) & H. Schweiker (NSF NOIRLab)
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:03
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-hfg1/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic I, Mosaic I
- Color Assignment
- Cyan, Orange
- Band
- Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Olll, Ha
- Central Wavelength
- 499, 656
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 45.74426088, 64.83636655
- Reference Dimension
- 6103.0, 4536.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1995.643483, 3535.450649
- Scale
- -7.27e-05, 7.27e-05
- Rotation
- 179.976628
- 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
- noao-hfg1
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-hfg1.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-12-16T03:47:27.961050
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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