Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lani: An Image to Celebrate Gemini North’s 25th Anniversary
noirlab_noirlab2529a November 3rd, 2125
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAImage Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
To celebrate 25 years since the completion of the International Gemini Observatory, students in Hawai‘i voted for the Gemini North telescope to image NGC 6820 — a striking emission nebula and open star cluster. The image was named Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lani, the Heavenly ʻŌhiʻa Rains, after the traditional Hawaiian story of the ʻŌhiʻa forests. The International Gemini Observatory is partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by NSF NOIRLab.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2529a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2529a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 6823
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAImage Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
- Release Date
- 2125-11-03T18:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2529a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North
- Instrument
- GMOS-N, GMOS-N, GMOS-N, GMOS-N
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Infrared, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, i, r, g
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 780, 630, 475
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 295.91163465914855, 23.312694143861446
- Reference Dimension
- 3286.0, 1933.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1643.0, 966.5
- Scale
- -4.500874245751291e-05, 4.500874245751291e-05
- Rotation
- 102.00000000000017
- 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
- noirlab2529a
- Resource URL
- https://storage.noirlab.edu/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2529a.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2025-08-21T23:10:11+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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