NGC 4361

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noirlab_noao-n4361gellman June 19th, 2014

Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Elliot Gellman and Duke Creighton/Adam Block

This planetary nebula is located in the constellation Corvus. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured an infrared image of this object as well, which provides a nice comparison. 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-n4361gellman/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 4361
Noirlab_noao-n4361gellman_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 24m 30.2s
DEC = -18° 46’ 56.5”
Orientation
North is 28.8° CCW
Field of View
5.8 x 5.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Corvus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Luminosity Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) Optical (Broad Band) 555.0 nm
Blue Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) Optical (B) 438.0 nm
Green Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) Optical (G) 475.0 nm
Red Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) Optical (R) 625.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Luminosity
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
noao-n4361gellman
Subject Category
Subject Name
NGC 4361
Credits
KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Elliot Gellman and Duke Creighton/Adam Block
Release Date
2014-06-19T12:43:52
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n4361gellman/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.4-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
186.125834025, -18.7823673072
Reference Dimension
882.0, 882.0
Reference Pixel
441.0, 441.0
Scale
-0.00011008650045, 0.00011008650045
Rotation
28.819999999999968
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
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-n4361gellman
Metadata Date
2021-08-30T16:38:53+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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