M78, NGC 2068
noirlab_noao-m78 August 9th, 2006
Credit: T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
This image of M78, the brightest diffuse reflection nebula in the sky, was taken in 2006 with the Mosaic imager on the Mayall 4-meter telescope on Kitt Peak. Located some 1600 light-years away and around 4 light-years across, M78 is part of the Orion complex, a large region of star-forming gas and dust.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m78/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m78
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M78, NGC 2068
- Credits
- T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2006-08-09T12:13:35
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m78/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Yellow, Green
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- R, Ha, B, V
- Central Wavelength
- 651, 657, 438, 538
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 86.50866934, 0.01008334346
- Reference Dimension
- 3447.0, 3500.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2287.298508, 1243.54306
- Scale
- 0.000173, -0.000174
- Rotation
- -0.2
- 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-m78
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m78.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:21.149712
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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