Sh2-126, the Star Funnel
noirlab_noao-sh2-126 June 30th, 2020
Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and 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. Informally known as the 'star funnel', this dark nebula is yellowish in color because it is being illuminated by several bright stars nearby. The funnel is embedded in a larger nebula of warm hydrogen gas that is glowing red. The image was generated with observations in B (blue), V (green), I (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters. In this image, North is up, East is to the left.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-sh2-126/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-sh2-126
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Sh2-126, Star Funnel
- Credits
- T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:11
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-sh2-126/
- 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, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Ha, I, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 805, 537, 436
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 338.735114469, 40.7663006791
- Reference Dimension
- 8067.0, 8034.0
- Reference Pixel
- 4033.5, 4017.0
- Scale
- -7.26949193441e-05, 7.26949193441e-05
- Rotation
- -0
- 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-sh2-126
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-sh2-126.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:21.992568
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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