IC 1396 Portion

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noirlab_noao-ic1396tan June 6th, 2014

Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Johannes Tan/Adam Block

IC 1396 is another region full of molecular hydrogen gas and recent star formation. Many stars in this area are less than a couple hundred thousand years old - very young in the grand scheme of astronomy, where stars live to be billions of years old! The hot young stars are in the process of ionizing and expelling the molecular hydrogen gas. At the same time, new stars are still being born in this nebula. For more information, check out this fantastic APOD taken in early 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-ic1396tan/

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-ic1396tan_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 21h 36m 3.6s
DEC = 56° 46’ 42.3”
Orientation
North is 179.0° CCW
Field of View
1.5 x 1.1 degrees
Constellation
Cepheus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Luminosity KPNO-VC-RORO (Other CCD) Optical (Broad Band) 555.0 nm
Blue KPNO-VC-RORO (Other CCD) Optical (B) 438.0 nm
Green KPNO-VC-RORO (Other CCD) Optical (G) 475.0 nm
Red KPNO-VC-RORO (Other CCD) Optical (R) 625.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Luminosity
Blue
Green
Red
Noirlab_noao-ic1396tan_1280
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ID
noao-ic1396tan
Subject Category
Subject Name
IC 1396
Credits
KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Johannes Tan/Adam Block
Release Date
2014-06-06T09:40:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ic1396tan/
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
324.014960695, 56.7784028341
Reference Dimension
2100.0, 1450.0
Reference Pixel
621.665391445, 399.77218628
Scale
-0.000735997867737, 0.000736186308735
Rotation
178.95247805567
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-ic1396tan
Metadata Date
2021-08-30T16:21:07+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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