NGC 2346 - A Cosmic Butterfly’s Delicate Wings
noirlab_gemini1504a July 9th, 2015
Credit: NOIRLab
The new image of NGC 2346 showing unprecedented resolution of the molecular hydrogen gas. The image is about 1 arc minute on a side: north is up, east is to the left. In contrast, the size of the full moon is 30 arc minutes
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1504a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- gemini1504a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 2346
- Credits
- NOIRLab
- Release Date
- 2015-07-09T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1504a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini South
- Instrument
- GSAOI
- Color Assignment
- Red
- Band
- Infrared
- Bandpass
- H2 (1-0) S(1)
- Central Wavelength
- 2122
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 107.344173989, -0.808794836454
- Reference Dimension
- 849.0, 909.0
- Reference Pixel
- 424.5, 454.5
- Scale
- -2.19559098652e-05, 2.19559098652e-05
- Rotation
- 0.41999999999999971
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Gemini Observatory/AURA
- 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
- gemini1504a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini1504a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-10-17T15:26:58-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
