Infrared Coronet Cluster
spitzer_sig07-018 September 13th, 2007
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Allen (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) and the IRAC GTO Team
While perhaps not quite as well known as its star formation cousin of Orion, the Corona Australis region (containing, at its heart, the Coronet cluster) is one of the nearest and most active regions of ongoing star formation. The Spitzer image shows young stars plus diffuse emission from dust.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2111-sig07-018-Infrared-Coronet-Cluster
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: Public Domain
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- ID
- sig07-018
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4 B.3.1.2 B.4.1.2 B.4.2.1
- Subject Name
- Coronet Cluster
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Allen (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) and the IRAC GTO Team
- Release Date
- 2007-09-13
- Lightyears
- 424
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2111-sig07-018-Infrared-Coronet-Cluster
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance taken from Fast Facts.
- Facility
- Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer
- Instrument
- IRAC, IRAC, IRAC
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Near-IR, Near-IR, Mid-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 3600, 4500, 8000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 285.44843056289716, -36.975765592553756
- Reference Dimension
- 3300.0, 3300.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1650, 1650
- Scale
- -8.5123855701723676E-05, 8.5123855701723676E-05
- Rotation
- -0.245107561636
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
- Name
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- Telephone
- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Publisher
- Spitzer Science Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- sig07-018.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0001/5043/sig07-018.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-09-06
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
