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Hokupa'a image of full field of Galactic Center

Noirlab_geminiann02010a_1024

noirlab_geminiann02010a November 6th, 2002

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Hokupa'a image of full field of Galactic Center (JHK' color composite).

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/geminiann02010a/

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: Galactic Center

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 45m 40.8s; DEC = -29° 0’ 13.0”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CW
Field of View: 0.6 x 0.7 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Gemini-N (Hokupa'a-36 / QUIRC)	Infrared (K')	2.1 µm
	Gemini-N (Hokupa'a-36 / QUIRC)	Infrared (H)	1.7 µm
	Gemini-N (Hokupa'a-36 / QUIRC)	Infrared (J)	1.3 µm

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ID: geminiann02010a
Subject Category
Subject Name: Galactic Center
Credits: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Release Date: 2002-11-06T05:00:00
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/geminiann02010a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North
Instrument: Hokupa'a-36 / QUIRC, Hokupa'a-36 / QUIRC, Hokupa'a-36 / QUIRC
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: K', H, J
Central Wavelength: 2120, 1650, 1250

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 266.419900109, -29.00360086
Reference Dimension: 720.0, 789.0

Reference Pixel: 360.0, 394.5
Scale: -1.39029749192e-05, 1.39029749192e-05
Rotation: -0.14000000000000015
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: geminiann02010a

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/geminiann02010a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-03-01T14:49:19.915243
Metadata Version: 1.1

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