Hubble view of star-forming region S106

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esahubble_heic1118a December 15th, 2011

Credit: NASA & ESA

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope 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.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1118a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
S106 IR Sh 2-106
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 20h 27m 26.1s
DEC = 37° 22’ 39.4”
Orientation
North is 72.2° CCW
Field of View
2.9 x 2.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Cygnus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Cyan Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (J) 1.1 µm
Blue Hubble (WFC3) Optical (H-alpha) 657.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Cyan
Blue
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ID
heic1118a
Subject Category
B.3.1.2   B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
S106 IR, Sh 2-106
Credits
NASA & ESA
Release Date
2011-12-15T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1118a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/0067-0049/138/1/35/53768.text.html
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Red, Cyan, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
H, J, H-alpha
Central Wavelength
1600, 1100, 657
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
306.858585996, 37.3776090512
Reference Dimension
4356.0, 3202.0
Reference Pixel
2178.0, 1601.0
Scale
-1.09923571951e-05, 1.09923571951e-05
Rotation
72.239999999999924
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
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
heic1118a
Metadata Date
2011-12-05T10:28:59+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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