Hubble's Variable Nebula, NGC 2261
noirlab_noao-02189 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
This is an image of Hubble's Variable Nebula, found in the constellation Monoceros. The image was taken at the Kitt Peak National Observatory 0.9-meter telescope in 1968. North is to the right.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02189/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-02189
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Hubble's Variable Nebula, NGC 2261
- Credits
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:04
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02189/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 99.77447285, 8.710593748
- Reference Dimension
- 3000.0, 2400.0
- Reference Pixel
- 710.362175, 976.9397583
- Scale
- -6.93e-05, 6.85e-05
- Rotation
- -90.60273382
- 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
- noao-02189
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-02189.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:36.835668
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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