RCW 41
noirlab_gemini-2013-rcw41-legacy June 30th, 2020
Credit: International Gemini Observatory, Henri Michel Pierre Plana (Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz) and T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage)
This near-infrared image obtained with GeMS adaptive optics system resolves the stars inside RCW 41, a star-forming region harboring a massive star cluster surrounded by dust and gas. It lies in the Vela Molecular Ridge, a vast star-forming complex in the plane of our Milky Way galaxy.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini-2013-rcw41-legacy/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- gemini-2013-rcw41-legacy
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- RCW 41
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory, Henri Michel Pierre Plana (Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz) and T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage)
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:55:20
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini-2013-rcw41-legacy/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South
- Instrument
- GeMS, GeMS, GeMS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- None, None, None
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 139.182975913, -47.9454678173
- Reference Dimension
- 3616.0, 4416.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1808.0, 2208.0
- Scale
- -5.46293237485e-06, 5.46293237485e-06
- Rotation
- -26.359999999999928
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Gemini Observatory/AURA
- 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
- gemini-2013-rcw41-legacy
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini-2013-rcw41-legacy.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:25.902915
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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