NGC 246
noirlab_noao-n246cremer June 19th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Jeff Cremer/Adam Block
NGC 246 is a rather lonely and large planetary nebula in Cetus. In this example the distorted sphere of gas has many thin and thicker regions giving it an irregular "texture." Like most spherical clouds of gas the outer edges seem brighter than the center which appears void. This is a perspective effect in that more line-of-sight gas is observed towards the outer portions. 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-n246cremer/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-n246cremer
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 246
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Jeff Cremer/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-06-19T14:15:41
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n246cremer/
- 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
- 11.7764295246, -11.8491424268
- Reference Dimension
- 1084.0, 706.0
- Reference Pixel
- 462.349837303, 402.50668335
- Scale
- -0.000188044990297, 0.000188041035346
- Rotation
- 63.216024984157
- 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-n246cremer
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n246cremer.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-14T08:42:05-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
