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Massive Old Star Reveals Secrets On Deathbed

Noirlab_gemini0401c_1024

noirlab_gemini0401c January 26th, 2004

Credit: Gemini Observatory: GMOS Commissioning Team`

Blow-up of region around SN2003gd progenitor star, with star enhanced for visibility. From Gemini North GMOS image.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini0401c/

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: SN 2003gd

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 36m 42.6s; DEC = 15° 44’ 18.6”
Orientation: North is 141.9° CCW
Field of View: 1.3 x 1.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Pisces

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Gemini-N (GMOS-N)	Optical (i)	780.0 nm
	Gemini-N (GMOS-N)	Optical (r)	630.0 nm
	Gemini-N (GMOS-N)	Optical (g)	475.0 nm

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ID: gemini0401c
Subject Category
Subject Name: SN 2003gd
Credits: Gemini Observatory: GMOS Commissioning Team`

Release Date: 2004-01-26T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini0401c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North
Instrument: GMOS-N, GMOS-N, GMOS-N
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: i, r, g
Central Wavelength: 780, 630, 475

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 24.1775446836, 15.7385037285
Reference Dimension: 625.0, 625.0

Reference Pixel: 312.5, 312.5
Scale: -3.56477387064e-05, 3.56477387064e-05
Rotation: 141.85999999999999
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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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: gemini0401c

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini0401c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-10-02T11:52:25.405188
Metadata Version: 1.1

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