Monoceros R2 Molecular Cloud
noirlab_noao-mon_r2 June 30th, 2020
Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and N.S. van der Bliek (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic II camera on the Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory on January 11th, 2012. It shows a portion of the giant Monceros R2 molecular cloud. It is a location of massive star formation, particularly in the location of the bright red nebula just below the center of the image. The image was generated with observations in the Sulphur [SII] (blue) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters. In this image, north is to the right, and east is up.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-mon_r2/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-mon_r2
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Mon R2
- Credits
- T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and N.S. van der Bliek (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:08.576858
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-mon_r2/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- None
- Facility
- Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic II, Mosaic II
- Color Assignment
- Orange, Cyan
- Band
- Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Ha, Sll
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 672
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None
- Notes
- N
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 91.92700894, -6.217076682
- Reference Dimension
- 7531.0, 6629.0
- Reference Pixel
- 6214.240112, 1920.137634
- Scale
- -7.44E-05, 7.42E-05
- Rotation
- -89.75688523
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- None
- 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-mon_r2
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-mon_r2.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:23.032135
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
