Sharpless 2-106
Sharpless 2-106 as imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai‘i. This color composite image shows the nursery of a massive star (hidden within the cloud) obtained with four narrow-band optical filters available for Gemini users at both Gemini North and South
Credit:International Gemini Observatory
About the Image
Id: | gemini1004a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Feb. 11, 2010, 8 p.m. |
Related releases: | gemini1004 |
Size: | 1600 x 1600 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 20 27 25.27 |
Position (Dec): | 37° 22' 35.31" |
Field of view: | 3.89 x 3.89 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 128.1° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical Hell | 468 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
Optical Sll | 672 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
Optical Olll | 499 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
Optical Ha | 656 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |