IC 1396 North
noirlab_noao-ic1396a June 30th, 2020
Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), H. Schweiker & S. Pakzad (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. IC 1396 is a giant emission nebula that is over 3 degrees in diameter. It is illuminated by a hot, massive O-type star (HD 206267) near its center. The star is not visible in this image- it is off of the top edge. This image is of a portion of IC 1396 in the northern part of the nebula. It shows only about 5% of the entire nebula. Images of other parts of IC 1396 are also available in this gallery. The image was generated with observations in the Hydrogen alpha (red) and Sulphur [SII] (blue) filters. In this image, North is down, East is right.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ic1396a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-ic1396a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- IC 1396
- Credits
- T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), H. Schweiker & S. Pakzad (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:04
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ic1396a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic I, Mosaic I
- Color Assignment
- Orange, Cyan
- Band
- Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Ha, Sll
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 672
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 325.557990614, 58.3165950323
- Reference Dimension
- 7956.0, 8015.0
- Reference Pixel
- 6482.57580566, 3344.30368042
- Scale
- -7.25787597919e-05, 7.25720478999e-05
- Rotation
- 179.65952314654
- 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-ic1396a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-ic1396a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:25.536453
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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