The Fox Fur Nebula
noirlab_noao-foxfurmcguiggan June 6th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Michael and Michael McGuiggan/Adam Block
This dusty nebula surrounds a region of young stars, located near the Cone Nebula and the Eagle Nebula. It was featured as an APOD back in 2008. This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program during 2014 at Kitt Peak Visitor Center.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-foxfurmcguiggan/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-foxfurmcguiggan
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- The Fox Fur Nebula
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Michael and Michael McGuiggan/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-06-06T09:47:19
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-foxfurmcguiggan/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD
- Color Assignment
- Luminosity, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Broad Band, B, G, R
- Central Wavelength
- 555, 438, 475, 625
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 100.109766464, 9.81073865163
- Reference Dimension
- 1524.0, 1023.0
- Reference Pixel
- 594.748176575, 366.89894104
- Scale
- -0.000134398408364, 0.000134686830058
- Rotation
- -83.716334463694
- 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-foxfurmcguiggan
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-foxfurmcguiggan.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-14T08:38-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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