Galactic Center in Thermal IR

Noirlab_gemini-20080825-galactic-center-abu-0001_1024

noirlab_gemini-20080825-galactic-center-abu-0001 September 1st, 2004

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/Abu Team

The center of our Milky Way Galaxy showing emission from hot gas that will either form stars or feed the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Technical Details: The image quality for this Brackett-alpha (hydrogen) line image is FWHM=0.35 arcsec. This image was obtained with the "Abu" thermal-infrared camera built by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini-20080825-galactic-center-abu-0001/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Galactic Center
Noirlab_gemini-20080825-galactic-center-abu-0001_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 45m 40.2s
DEC = -29° 0’ 25.5”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CW
Field of View
0.7 x 0.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Gemini-S (Abu) Infrared (Brackett-alpha) 4.1 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Noirlab_gemini-20080825-galactic-center-abu-0001_1280
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ID
gemini-20080825-galactic-center-abu-0001
Subject Category
Subject Name
Galactic Center
Credits
International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/Abu Team
Release Date
2004-09-01T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini-20080825-galactic-center-abu-0001/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Gemini South
Instrument
Abu
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Brackett-alpha
Central Wavelength
4051
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
266.417594202, -29.0070757135
Reference Dimension
512.0, 512.0
Reference Pixel
256.0, 256.0
Scale
-2.33618562848e-05, 2.33618562848e-05
Rotation
-0.66000000000000025
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Gemini Observatory
Email
PMichaud at gemini.edu
Telephone
(808) 974-2510
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
gemini-20080825-galactic-center-abu-0001
Metadata Date
2010-04-20T16:17:22-10:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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