IC 2162
noirlab_noao-ic2162wessels June 7th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Mark and Patricia Wessels/Adam Block
These glowing clouds of gas have young and bright stars in their centers which cause the gas to emit red light. Cool gas and dust in these clouds also cause the dark lanes and filaments by blocking background sources of light. These relatively small clouds are located in the constellation of Orion (but closer to the border of Gemini) towards the outer spiral arm of our galaxy. Note the large diffuse nebula on the right edge of the image. This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center during 2014.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ic2162wessels/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-ic2162wessels
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- IC 2162
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Mark and Patricia Wessels/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-06-07T09:36:08
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ic2162wessels/
- 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
- 93.2405390496, 17.9376080571
- Reference Dimension
- 1498.0, 1000.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1241.2946167, 631.789060116
- Scale
- -0.000134815948799, 0.000135490833475
- Rotation
- 151.28381646782
- 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-ic2162wessels
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-ic2162wessels.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-14T08:37:20-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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