NGC 6751 Glowing Eye Nebula

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noirlab_geminiann09019a September 21st, 2009

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/D. Tran (PAL College)/T. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage)/T. Bridges (Queen's U.)/Australian Gemini Office.

Gemini South image of planetary nebula NGC 6751, the "Glowing Eye Nebula." The image is the result of the winning entry in the 2009 Gemini School Astronomy Contest, submitted by high school student Daniel Tran of PAL College, Cabramatta, NSW, Australia. Using narrow-band filters in the imaging mode of the Gemini Multi-object Spectrograph (GMOS), the locations of hydrogen, ionized sulfur, and doubly-ionized oxygen are color-coded in the image as yellow, red, and blue, respectively. The 3,000-year-old Glowing Eye Nebula is located about 7,000 light years from Earth and the bright inner portion of the nebula has a diameter of about 0.8 light years. In addition to the emission of the nebula, other wisps of gas in the interstellar medium (upper-left-hand corner of the image) are being ionized by the nebula's central star, which has a temperature of over 100,000 degrees Celsius.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/geminiann09019a/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Glowing Eye Nebula NGC 6751
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 19h 5m 55.5s
DEC = -5° 59’ 34.8”
Orientation
North is 10.0° CW
Field of View
3.1 x 4.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Aquila

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Gemini-S (GMOS-S) Optical (SII) 672.0 nm
Yellow Gemini-S (GMOS-S) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Blue Gemini-S (GMOS-N) Optical (OIII) 499.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Yellow
Blue
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ID
geminiann09019a
Subject Category
Subject Name
Glowing Eye Nebula, NGC 6751
Credits
International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/D. Tran (PAL College)/T. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage)/T. Bridges (Queen's U.)/Australian Gemini Office.
Release Date
2009-09-21T20:46:26
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/geminiann09019a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South
Instrument
GMOS-S, GMOS-S, GMOS-N
Color Assignment
Red, Yellow, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
SII, H-alpha, OIII
Central Wavelength
672, 656, 499
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
286.481326336, -5.99301056088
Reference Dimension
1275.0, 1650.0
Reference Pixel
637.5, 825.0
Scale
-4.05830154118e-05, 4.05830154118e-05
Rotation
-10.019999999999985
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
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
geminiann09019a
Metadata Date
2024-03-01T12:40:40.199982
Metadata Version
1.1
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