Orion "Bullets" with GeMS
noirlab_gemini1301a January 8th, 2013
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
This image is just one of millions of astronomical images processed using IRAF. Obtained during the late commissioning phase of the GeMS adaptive optics system, with the Gemini South AO Imager (GSAOI) on the night of 28 December 2012, it reveals exquisite details in the outskirts of the Orion Nebula. In this image, the blue spots are clouds of gaseous iron "bullets" being propelled at supersonic speeds from a region of massive star formation outside, and below, this image's field of view. As these "bullets" pass through neutral hydrogen gas they heat up the hydrogen and produce the pillars that trace the passage of the iron clouds.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1301a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- gemini1301a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Orion Nebula
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2013-01-08T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1301a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South
- Instrument
- GeMS, GeMS, GeMS
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Ks, H2, Fe II
- Central Wavelength
- 2150, 2122, 1644
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 83.8047359328, -5.34413919788
- Reference Dimension
- 3983.0, 3975.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1991.5, 1987.5
- Scale
- -5.42536581606e-06, 5.42536581606e-06
- Rotation
- 0.95999999999999908
- 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
- gemini1301a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini1301a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-08-01T13:09:36.056866
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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