NGC 6520 with Barnard 86

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noirlab_noaoann09007a April 6th, 2009

Credit: T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

An image of the open star cluster NGC 6520 and nearby dust cloud Barnard 86, in the constellation Sagittarius, one of the densest parts of our Galaxy. This image was taken on June 24th, 2007 at the NSF's Blanco 4-m telescope in CTIO, with B (blue), V (green) , I (orange) and H-alpha (red) filters. The bright young stars of this star cluster, which probably formed out of gas related to the nearby dust cloud, stand out in contrast to the background of older stars of the bulge of our Galaxy. This image was released during the 100 Hours of Astronomy webcast, "Around the World in 80 Telescopes" held from April 3-4, 2009, during the International Year of Astronomy 2009. View the recorded event from CTIO. See also this image of the Medusa Nebula from KPNO, which was also released during the webcast.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noaoann09007a/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Barnard 86 NGC 6520
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 3m 5.5s
DEC = -27° 52’ 35.6”
Orientation
North is 89.4° CW
Field of View
37.1 x 37.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Purple Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) Optical (U) 355.0 nm
Red Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) Optical (Ha) 657.0 nm
Orange Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) Optical (I) 820.0 nm
Green Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) Optical (V) 538.0 nm
Blue Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) Optical (B) 438.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Purple
Red
Orange
Green
Blue
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ID
noaoann09007a
Subject Category
Subject Name
Barnard 86, NGC 6520
Credits
T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Release Date
2009-04-06T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noaoann09007a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
Instrument
Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II
Color Assignment
Purple, Red, Orange, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
U, Ha, I, V, B
Central Wavelength
355, 657, 820, 538, 438
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
270.772809192, -27.8765463083
Reference Dimension
8300.0, 8269.0
Reference Pixel
4150.0, 4134.5
Scale
-7.45884473709e-05, 7.45884473709e-05
Rotation
-89.439999999999884
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
noaoann09007a
Metadata Date
2009-03-26T09:25-08:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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