Reflection Nebula NGC 1788
noirlab_noao-ngc1788 June 30th, 2020
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), H. Schweiker & S. Pakzad (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. NGC 1788 is an unusual reflection nebula (bluish white at the center of the image) surrounded by a glowing red ring of hydrogen gas. The stars inside the nebula are only about a million years old, which is very young compared to most stars. The ring of glowing hydrogen gas is energized by nearby hot, massive stars not visible in the image. The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), I (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters. In this image, North is up, East is to the left.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc1788/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-ngc1788
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 1788
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), H. Schweiker & S. Pakzad (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:09
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc1788/
- 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
- Red, Orange, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Ha, I, B
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 805, 436
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 76.7305815183, -3.3569125488
- Reference Dimension
- 7650.0, 8316.0
- Reference Pixel
- 3825.0, 4158.0
- Scale
- -7.27575719227e-05, 7.27575719227e-05
- Rotation
- -0.04
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- 2.0789 0.0001512557162698663 7.2757571922651402183847226898841e-5
- 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-ngc1788
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-ngc1788.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-07-05T02:59:55.194432
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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