IC 1396 Southeast

Noirlab_noao-ic1396c_1024

noirlab_noao-ic1396c 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 south-eastern 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 left, East is down.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ic1396c/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IC 1396
Noirlab_noao-ic1396c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 21h 44m 41.6s
DEC = 56° 59’ 7.1”
Orientation
North is 90.3° CCW
Field of View
38.2 x 36.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Cepheus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (Ha) 656.0 nm
Cyan KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (Sll) 672.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Cyan
Noirlab_noao-ic1396c_1280
×
ID
noao-ic1396c
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-ic1396c/
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
326.173515888, 56.9852955962
Reference Dimension
8773.0, 8339.0
Reference Pixel
6403.4744873, 7000.2231369
Scale
-7.2702816801e-05, 7.2646229429e-05
Rotation
90.292441229991
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
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-ic1396c
Metadata Date
2024-10-02T11:52:23.785951
Metadata Version
1.1
×

 

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

Providers | Sign In