Emission Nebula Sh2-282

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noirlab_noao-sh2-282 June 30th, 2020

Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Sh2-282 is an HII emission nebula. The red hydrogen gas is energized by the intense light from the bright blue stars that surround it. Several pillars can be seen embedded in the gas that are being sculpted from the radiation and solar wind from the bright blue star in the upper-left corner of the image. The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), I (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters. In this image, North is up, East is to the left.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-sh2-282/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Sh2-282
Noirlab_noao-sh2-282_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 6h 38m 6.1s
DEC = 1° 28’ 18.5”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
35.9 x 37.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Monoceros

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (Ha) 656.0 nm
Orange KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (I) 805.0 nm
Blue KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (B) 436.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Blue
Noirlab_noao-sh2-282_1280
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ID
noao-sh2-282
Subject Category
Subject Name
Sh2-282
Credits
T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:34:11
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-sh2-282/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
Instrument
Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Ha, I, B
Central Wavelength
656, 805, 436
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
99.5253281107, 1.47180565595
Reference Dimension
8228.0, 8636.0
Reference Pixel
4305.81188965, 4934.11590576
Scale
-7.26605891136e-05, 7.26677340952e-05
Rotation
-0.10850969086445
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-sh2-282
Metadata Date
2021-07-24T14:05:36.592826
Metadata Version
1.1
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