NGC 1977: The Running Man Nebula
noirlab_noao-n1977spokes June 9th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Peter Spokes/Adam Block
This reflection nebula, commonly known as the Running Man Nebula, is located about 1500 lightyears away next to the famous Orion Nebula. This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center during 2014.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n1977spokes/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-n1977spokes
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 1977
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Peter Spokes/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-06-09T07:54:20
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n1977spokes/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD
- Color Assignment
- Luminosity, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Broad Band, B, G, R
- Central Wavelength
- 555, 438, 475, 625
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 83.7995848136, -4.79944526562
- Reference Dimension
- 1525.0, 1025.0
- Reference Pixel
- 856.562423706, 530.388715744
- Scale
- -0.000194139702473, 0.000194428691278
- Rotation
- 9.62922754326
- 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-n1977spokes
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n1977spokes.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-14T08:44:41-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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