AE Aurigae
noirlab_noao0157a June 30th, 2020
Credit: T.A.Rector and B.A.Wolpa/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
This spectacular image of the star AE Aurigae and its surrounding nebulosity was taken at the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope on Kitt Peak with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera. Located in the constellation of Auriga, the Charioteer, AE Aurigae is the bright blue star at the center of the image. The incredible energy from this hot, massive star is energizing the surrounding gas, causing it to glow dramatically. As a result it is also known as "the flaming star". This false-color image was created by combining emission-line images taken in Hydrogen-alpha (yellow), Oxygen [OIII] (violet) and Sulfur [SII] (blue).
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao0157a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- ID
- noao0157a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- AE Aurigae
- Credits
- T.A.Rector and B.A.Wolpa/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:01
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao0157a/
- 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, Purple, Yellow
- 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
- 79.40330669, 34.32654704
- Reference Dimension
- 6218.0, 6219.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2974.196198, 5404.045578
- Scale
- -0.000118, 0.000118
- Rotation
- -90.52205055
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- 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
- noao0157a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao0157a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2020-10-01T12:38:23.222893
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
