Gemini North image of the planetary nebula M97
noirlab_geminiann10008a March 25th, 2010
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Émilie Storer (Collège Charlemagne, QUE)/André-Nicolas Chené (HIA/NRCof Canada)/T. Rector (U.Alaska, Anchorage).
Gemini North image of the planetary nebula M97, also knownas the Owl Nebula, imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) as part of a Canadian contest for high school students. The approximately 6,000year-old nebula is located about 2,600 light-years away, and has a diameter ofabout three light-years across. It is located in the constellation of UrsaMajor (which contains the Big Dipper).
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/geminiann10008a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- geminiann10008a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M97, Owl Nebula
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Émilie Storer (Collège Charlemagne, QUE)/André-Nicolas Chené (HIA/NRCof Canada)/T. Rector (U.Alaska, Anchorage).
- Release Date
- 2010-03-25T16:44:19
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/geminiann10008a/
- 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
- Green, Red, Orange, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- r, H-alpha, i, g
- Central Wavelength
- 630, 656, 780, 475
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 168.705979365, 55.0094627589
- Reference Dimension
- 2339.0, 1894.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1169.5, 947.0
- Scale
- -4.03909126813e-05, 4.03909126813e-05
- Rotation
- -25.059999999999992
- 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
- geminiann10008a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/geminiann10008a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-03-01T12:31:23.930115
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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