NGC 6334 - A Mini Starburst Region?

noirlab_noao1308a June 5th, 2013

Credit: S. Willis (CfA+ISU); ESA/Herschel; NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Spitzer; CTIO/NOAO/AURA/NSF.

In this false-color image of NGC 6334, red represents the Herschel 70 micron IR image, green represents the IRAC 8 micron image and blue represents the NEWFIRM 1 micron J band. The region is about 70 light years wide.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao1308a/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 6334

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 20m 2.0s; DEC = -35° 57’ 25.2”
Orientation: North is 0.7° CW
Field of View: 52.4 x 45.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Herschel (PACS)	Infrared (None)	70.0 µm
Spitzer (IRAC)	Infrared (None)	8.0 µm
Blanco-4m (NEWFIRM)	Infrared (J)	1000.0 nm

ID: noao1308a
Subject Category
Subject Name: NGC 6334
Credits: S. Willis (CfA+ISU); ESA/Herschel; NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Spitzer; CTIO/NOAO/AURA/NSF.

Release Date: 2013-06-05T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao1308a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Herschel Space Observatory, Spitzer Space Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
Instrument: PACS, IRAC, NEWFIRM
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: None, None, J
Central Wavelength: 70000, 8000, 1000

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 260.008496371, -35.9569866143
Reference Dimension: 2137.0, 1848.0

Reference Pixel: 1068.5, 924.0
Scale: -0.000409058840924, 0.000409058840924
Rotation: -0.66
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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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: noao1308a

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao1308a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-06-01T19:50:38+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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