NGC 6334, The Cat’s Paw Nebula
noirlab_noao-ngc6334 June 30th, 2020
Credit: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, T. Abbott and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
This image of emission nebula NGC6334 (the Cat’s Paw Nebula), a star-forming region in the constellation Scorpius, was taken in 2007 using the Mosaic-2 imager on the Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. The colors of the nebula are reddened by intervening dust in the plane of the Milky Way galaxy. The image was taken as part of a continuing campaign of public-release images using both NOAO 4-meter telescopes.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc6334/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-ngc6334
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Cat’s Paw Nebula, NGC 6334
- Credits
- T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, T. Abbott and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:09
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc6334/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II
- Color Assignment
- Cyan, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Olll, Sll, Ha
- Central Wavelength
- 502, 673, 657
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 259.9981208, -35.8611782
- Reference Dimension
- 4038.0, 3976.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2421.847198, 2650.85701
- Scale
- -0.000148, 0.000149
- Rotation
- 0.539972875
- 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-ngc6334
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-ngc6334.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2007-11-13T15:41:47-09:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
