Wolf-Rayet star, WR 134

Noirlab_noao-wr134_1024

noirlab_noao-wr134 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. WR 134 is the brightest star below the center of the image. It is a Wolf-Rayet star, which is a very hot, massive star that is blowing off its outer layers. The layers are blown off at very high speeds. Part of these layers can be seen as the blue arc in the upper-left part of the image. The arc was created when the outer layer collided with the ambient nebula surrounding the star. The image was generated with observations in Hydrogen alpha (red) and Sulphur [SII] (blue) filters. In this image, North is left, East is down.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-wr134/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
WR 134
Noirlab_noao-wr134_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 20h 9m 57.4s
DEC = 36° 10’ 47.8”
Orientation
North is 90.0° CCW
Field of View
33.9 x 20.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Cygnus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (Ha) 656.0 nm
Cyan KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (Sll) 672.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Cyan
Noirlab_noao-wr134_1280
×
ID
noao-wr134
Subject Category
Subject Name
WR 134
Credits
T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:53:17
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-wr134/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
Instrument
Mosaic I, Mosaic I
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Ha, Sll
Central Wavelength
656, 672
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
302.489339895, 36.1799374817
Reference Dimension
7787.0, 4743.0
Reference Pixel
3893.5, 2371.5
Scale
-7.26266576519e-05, 7.26266576519e-05
Rotation
89.979999999999976
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-wr134
Metadata Date
2021-12-11T09:46:59.597190
Metadata Version
1.1
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