NGC 6520 with Barnard 86
noirlab_noaoann09007a April 6th, 2009
Credit: T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
An image of the open star cluster NGC 6520 and nearby dust cloud Barnard 86, in the constellation Sagittarius, one of the densest parts of our Galaxy. This image was taken on June 24th, 2007 at the NSF's Blanco 4-m telescope in CTIO, with B (blue), V (green) , I (orange) and H-alpha (red) filters. The bright young stars of this star cluster, which probably formed out of gas related to the nearby dust cloud, stand out in contrast to the background of older stars of the bulge of our Galaxy. This image was released during the 100 Hours of Astronomy webcast, "Around the World in 80 Telescopes" held from April 3-4, 2009, during the International Year of Astronomy 2009. View the recorded event from CTIO. See also this image of the Medusa Nebula from KPNO, which was also released during the webcast.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noaoann09007a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noaoann09007a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Barnard 86, NGC 6520
- Credits
- T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2009-04-06
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noaoann09007a/
- 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, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II
- Color Assignment
- Purple, Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- U, Ha, I, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 355, 657, 820, 538, 438
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 270.772809192, -27.8765463083
- Reference Dimension
- 8300.0, 8269.0
- Reference Pixel
- 4150.0, 4134.5
- Scale
- -7.45884473709e-05, 7.45884473709e-05
- Rotation
- -89.439999999999884
- 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
- noaoann09007a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noaoann09007a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-11-11T11:24:11.179897
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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