Hubble/Subaru composite of star-forming region S 106
esahubble_heic1118b December 15th, 2011
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) and NAOJ
This image shows Sh 2-106, or S106 for short. This is a compact star forming region in the constellation Cygnus (The Swan). A newly-formed star called S106 IR is shrouded in dust at the centre of the image, and is responsible for the surrounding gas clouds hourglass-like shape and the turbulence visible within. Light from glowing hydrogen is coloured blue in this image. The image combines observations from the Hubble Space Telescope (in the centre) with images from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japans Subaru Telescope to extend the field of view around the edges of the image.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1118b/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic1118b
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Sh 2-106
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) and NAOJ
- Release Date
- 2011-12-15T15:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1118b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/0067-0049/138/1/35/53768.text.html
- Facility
- Subaru, Subaru, Subaru, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- CISCO, CISCO, CISCO, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue, Red, Cyan, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Optical
- Bandpass
- K, H, J, H, J, H-alpha
- Central Wavelength
- 2150, 1650, 1250, 1600, 1100, 657
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 306.861107792, 37.3819231665
- Reference Dimension
- 8163.0, 8046.0
- Reference Pixel
- 4081.5, 4023.0
- Scale
- -1.09963909492e-05, 1.09963909492e-05
- Rotation
- 90.16
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- heic1118b
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1118b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-12-05T10:31:26+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
