Gum 1: Seagull Nebula
noirlab_noao-gum1block June 6th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Adam Block
This HII region is located near Sirius in Canis Major. It is estimated to be 3800 lightyears away. Check out this APOD from 2014. 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-gum1block/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-gum1block
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Gum 1
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-06-06T09:45:55
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-gum1block/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory, Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory, Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory, Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory
- 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
- 107.006794158, -11.1881819553
- Reference Dimension
- 1633.0, 1099.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1043.33032227, 296.869689941
- Scale
- -0.00155509504818, 0.0015536582315
- Rotation
- 93.89785325096
- 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-gum1block
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-gum1block.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T17:13:31+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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