M27 Dumbbell Nebula
noirlab_noao-m27-kpno-mayall-4-m June 30th, 2020
Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. M27, also known as the 'Dumbbell Nebula', is a famous planetary nebula. The central portion of the nebula is quite bright, however it also has a faint outer halo that is clearly visible in this deep image. The image was generated with observations in the Oxygen [OIII] (blue), Hydrogen-Alpha (red) and Sulphur [SII] (green) filters. In this image, North is left, East is down.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m27-kpno-mayall-4-m/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m27-kpno-mayall-4-m
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Dumbbell Nebula, M27
- Credits
- T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:06
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m27-kpno-mayall-4-m/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
- Color Assignment
- Green, Red, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Sll, Ha, Olll
- Central Wavelength
- 672, 656, 499
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 299.906225945, 22.7216394964
- Reference Dimension
- 4760.0, 3998.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2380.0, 1999.0
- Scale
- -7.22070669598e-05, 7.22070669598e-05
- Rotation
- 89.95999999999998
- 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-m27-kpno-mayall-4-m
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m27-kpno-mayall-4-m.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:20.337213
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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