M43, NGC 1982
noirlab_noao-m43 June 30th, 2020
Credit: N.A.Sharp/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
M43 is part of the larger Orion nebula, seen in this excellent picture from the KPNO Mayall 4-meter telescope. The dark lane separating the pieces shows to good effect in this image, taken with the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope on the night of December 20th 2002 UT. The central star is a young irregular variable designated NU Orionis or HD37061, and no, it's not your eyesight, this star usually looks elliptical in deep images, presumably due to the material surrounding it (at least, we hope that's the explanation). Image size 7.9 arc minutes.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m43/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Color Mapping
- ID
- noao-m43
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M43, NGC 1982
- Credits
- N.A.Sharp/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:07
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m43/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- CCD
- Color Assignment
- Luminosity
- Band
- Optical
- Bandpass
- None
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 83.8792279117, -5.26675658937
- Reference Dimension
- 1400.0, 1400.0
- Reference Pixel
- 700.0, 700.0
- Scale
- -8.27626360832e-05, 8.27626360832e-05
- Rotation
- -0.39999999999999991
- 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-m43
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m43.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2022-02-17T15:50:46.566442
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
