Dark Energy Camera Captures Bright, Young Stars Blazing Inside Glowing Nebula
noirlab_noirlab2221a September 12th, 2022
Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
This image, taken by astronomers using the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, captures the star-forming nebula NGC 6357, which is located 8000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Scorpius. This image reveals bright, young stars surrounded by billowing clouds of dust and gas inside NGC 6357, which is also known as the Lobster Nebula.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2221a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2221a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 6357
- Credits
- CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
- Release Date
- 2022-09-12T09:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2221a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- DECam, DECam, DECam
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Cyan
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, I, G
- Central Wavelength
- 662, 774, 477
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 261.252253139, -34.2076372098
- Reference Dimension
- 21135.0, 17523.0
- Reference Pixel
- 10567.5, 8761.5
- Scale
- -7.50555041355e-05, 7.50555041355e-05
- Rotation
- 0.02
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- 10.565215042335285940347894636229 0.000396488770651
- 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
- noirlab2221a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2221a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2022-09-06T16:26:43+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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