Rich Young Cluster Cep OB 3b

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noirlab_noao1303a April 1st, 2013

Credit: WIYN/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) & T. Allen (University of Toledo)

Cep OB 3b is rich young cluster located in the northern constellation of Cepheus. This image was created by combining individual images observed through four different filters on the 0.9 meter telescope at Kitt Peak: blue, visual (cyan), near infrared (orange) and an emission line of hydrogen (red). The brightest yellow star near the center of the image is a foreground star, lying between us and the young cluster. The other bright stars are the massive young stars of the cluster that are heating the gas and dust in the cloud and blowing out cavities. Surrounding these massive cluster stars are thousands of smaller young stars that may be in the process of forming planetary systems.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao1303a/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Cep OB 3b
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 22h 55m 53.9s
DEC = 62° 28’ 9.2”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View
55.9 x 56.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Cepheus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue WIYN-0.9m (Mosaic I) Optical (B) 438.0 nm
Cyan WIYN-0.9m (Mosaic I) Optical (V) 538.0 nm
Orange WIYN-0.9m (Mosaic I) Optical (I) 820.0 nm
Red WIYN-0.9m (Mosaic I) Optical (Ha) 657.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Cyan
Orange
Red
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ID
noao1303a
Subject Category
Subject Name
Cep OB 3b
Credits
WIYN/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) & T. Allen (University of Toledo)
Release Date
2013-04-01T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao1303a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope
Instrument
Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
Color Assignment
Blue, Cyan, Orange, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, V, I, Ha
Central Wavelength
438, 538, 820, 657
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
343.974683875, 62.4692131667
Reference Dimension
7900.0, 8034.0
Reference Pixel
3884.05350061, 3882.29495166
Scale
-0.000117854942931, 0.000117854942931
Rotation
0.7452661400763568
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
noao1303a
Metadata Date
2022-12-30T07:45:04.650378
Metadata Version
1.1
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