NGC 6820/3, Emission Nebula/Open Cluster

Noirlab_noao-ngc6820_1024

noirlab_noao-ngc6820 June 30th, 2020

Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage)

This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the KPNO 0.9m-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. NGC 6820 is a diffuse emission nebula that surrounds the open cluster of stars NGC 6823 (at the center of the image). The intense light from the hot, massive stars in the cluster is blowing away the gas in the nebula, causing the distinctive "pillar" shapes on the left side of the image. The image was generated with observations in Hydrogen alpha (red), Oxygen [OIII] (green) and Sulfur [SII] (blue) filters. In this image, North is up, East is to the left.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc6820/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 6820 NGC 6823
Noirlab_noao-ngc6820_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 19h 43m 48.3s
DEC = 23° 9’ 50.2”
Orientation
North is 0.4° CW
Field of View
44.8 x 31.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Vulpecula

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue WIYN-0.9m (Mosaic 1) Optical (Sll) 672.0 nm
Green WIYN-0.9m (Mosaic 1) Optical (Olll) 499.0 nm
Red WIYN-0.9m (Mosaic 1) Optical (Ha) 656.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Noirlab_noao-ngc6820_1280
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ID
noao-ngc6820
Subject Category
Subject Name
NGC 6820, NGC 6823
Credits
T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage)
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:34:09
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc6820/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope
Instrument
Mosaic 1, Mosaic 1, Mosaic 1
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Sll, Olll, Ha
Central Wavelength
672, 499, 656
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
295.9513241, 23.16394103
Reference Dimension
6326.0, 4416.0
Reference Pixel
2068.718216, 1408.959412
Scale
-0.000118, 0.000118
Rotation
-0.3814893765
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
noao-ngc6820
Metadata Date
2020-10-01T12:30:28.757962
Metadata Version
1.1
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