Ground-Based Image of the Star-Forming Region NGC 281

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esahubble_opo0613b April 4th, 2006

Credit: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage and WIYN/AURA/NSF

This wide-field view of the star-forming region NGC 281 in the constellation Cassiopeia was taken with the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, AZ.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0613b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
bok globules NGC 281
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Dark > Bok Globule
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 52m 41.7s
DEC = 56° 37’ 26.3”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CW
Field of View
38.9 x 49.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Cassiopeia
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ID
opo0613b
Subject Category
B.4.2.3.2  
Subject Name
bok globules, NGC 281
Credits
T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage and WIYN/AURA/NSF
Release Date
2006-04-04T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0613b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
13.1739163369, 56.6239797012
Reference Dimension
5500.0, 7000.0
Reference Pixel
2751.0, 3501.0
Scale
-0.000117836891692, 0.000117836891692
Rotation
-0.72000000000000064
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0613b
Metadata Date
2006-03-16T14:59:01-05:00
Metadata Version
1.0
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