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Sharpless 2-106

Noirlab_gemini1004a_1024

noirlab_gemini1004a February 11th, 2010

Credit: International Gemini Observatory

Sharpless 2-106 as imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai‘i. This color composite image shows the nursery of a massive star (hidden within the cloud) obtained with four narrow-band optical filters available for Gemini users at both Gemini North and South

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1004a/

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: Sh 2-106

Noirlab_gemini1004a_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 20h 27m 25.3s; DEC = 37° 22’ 35.3”
Orientation: North is 128.1° CCW
Field of View: 3.9 x 3.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Cygnus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Gemini-N (GMOS-N)	Optical (Ha)	656.0 nm
	Gemini-N (GMOS-N)	Optical (Olll)	499.0 nm
	Gemini-N (GMOS-N)	Optical (Sll)	672.0 nm
	Gemini-N (GMOS-N)	Optical (Hell)	468.0 nm

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ID: gemini1004a
Subject Category
Subject Name: Sh 2-106
Credits: International Gemini Observatory

Release Date: 2010-02-11T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1004a/

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, Green, Blue, Purple

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: Ha, Olll, Sll, Hell
Central Wavelength: 656, 499, 672, 468

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Dataset ID: None, None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 306.855293008, 37.3764762478
Reference Dimension: 1600.0, 1600.0

Reference Pixel: 800.0, 800.0
Scale: -4.05307535606e-05, 4.05307535606e-05
Rotation: 128.09999999999997
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

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

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: gemini1004a

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini1004a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-10-02T11:52:23.976538
Metadata Version: 1.1

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