RY-Tau
noirlab_gemini0505a May 17th, 2005
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/Club d’astronomie de Dorval/Stephanie Cote, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics/Travis Rector, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Gemini North image of stellar nursery RY Tau was imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) as part of a Canadian contest for amateur astronomers. The image reveals tremendous detail in the wispy remains of the gas cloud that formed the bright star at bottom/center. This system is approximately 140 parsecs (450 light years) away, and spans about 2/3 of a light year. The central star is a variable star that ranges between visual magnitudes 9 and 11 over an irregular period of time.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini0505a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- gemini0505a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- RY Tau
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory/Club d’astronomie de Dorval/Stephanie Cote, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics/Travis Rector, University of Alaska, Anchorage
- Release Date
- 2005-05-17T20:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini0505a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North
- Instrument
- GMOS-N, GMOS-N, GMOS-N, GMOS-N
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, i, r, g
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 780, 630, 475
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 65.5136402054, 28.4667574021
- Reference Dimension
- 2000.0, 1800.0
- Reference Pixel
- 626.861984253, 1162.35539842
- Scale
- -4.05584350467e-05, 4.04810608305e-05
- Rotation
- 0.1239966871818
- 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
- gemini0505a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini0505a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2006-10-27T11:39:26-10:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
