NGC 6992: Veil Nebula Wide-field
noirlab_noao-veilkeller June 13th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Terry Keller/Adam Block
These filaments of gas are a portion of a much larger bubble of expanding material generated by the explosion of a massive star. At an estimated distance of 2600 light years, this nebula's large angular extent on the sky indicates that it is an old remnant. By measuring both the size of the bubble and the velocity of the expanding gas, astronomers estimate that this spectacular explosion took place more than 15,000 years ago. A much younger example is the Crab Nebula. 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-veilkeller/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-veilkeller
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 6992
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Terry Keller/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-06-13T06:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-veilkeller/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory, Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory, Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory, Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory
- 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
- 311.673167865, 30.6607005034
- Reference Dimension
- 1441.0, 972.0
- Reference Pixel
- 570.61800766, 463.733356476
- Scale
- -0.00111571882079, 0.00111532644651
- Rotation
- -91.173132823929
- 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-veilkeller
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-veilkeller.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T16:51:56+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
