Carina Nebula Western Wall (without adaptive optics)

noirlab_noirlab2025d October 5th, 2020

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: PI: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University) Image processing: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University), Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin

A 50-trillion-km (33-trillion-mile, or 5 light-year) long section of the western wall in the Carina Nebula, observed without adaptive optics.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2025d/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Carina Nebula

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 10h 43m 30.6s; DEC = -59° 35’ 19.9”
Orientation: North is 90.0° CW
Field of View: 2.9 x 1.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Carina

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Blanco-4m (NEWFIRM)	Infrared (H2)	2.1 µm
Blanco-4m (NEWFIRM)	Infrared (Br γ)	2.2 µm

ID: noirlab2025d
Subject Category
Subject Name: Carina Nebula
Credits: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: PI: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University) Image processing: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University), Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin

Release Date: 2020-10-05T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2025d/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
Instrument: NEWFIRM, NEWFIRM
Color Assignment: Orange, Cyan

Band: Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: H2, Br γ
Central Wavelength: 2132, 2168

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 160.877509173, -59.5888581524
Reference Dimension: 2954.0, 1576.0

Reference Pixel: 1477.0, 788.0
Scale: -1.62540435041e-05, 1.62540435041e-05
Rotation: -89.980000000000075
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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Email

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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: noirlab2025d

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2025d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-09-24T21:38:20+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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