Nebula Sh2-239

Noirlab_noao-sh2-239_1024

noirlab_noao-sh2-239 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. Sh2-239 is a distinct nebula in which stars have been forming for quite some time. It contains two clusters of highly embedded very young stars as well as many stars that are more evolved. The many outflows are visible as bright red knots and jets, particularly in the cavity at the center-top of the image. The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), V (green), I (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters. In this image, North is left, East is down.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-sh2-239/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Sh2-239
Noirlab_noao-sh2-239_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 32m 5.2s
DEC = 18° 0’ 16.3”
Orientation
North is 180.0° CW
Field of View
32.1 x 22.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Taurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (Ha) 656.0 nm
Orange KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (I) 805.0 nm
Green KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (V) 537.0 nm
Blue KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (B) 436.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Green
Blue
Noirlab_noao-sh2-239_1280
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ID
noao-sh2-239
Subject Category
Subject Name
Sh2-239
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-sh2-239/
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
68.02158655, 18.00451402
Reference Dimension
7360.0, 5045.0
Reference Pixel
5466.140747, 671.2046509
Scale
-7.27e-05, 7.27e-05
Rotation
-179.9945295
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-sh2-239
Metadata Date
2022-09-06T06:04:27.977362
Metadata Version
1.1
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