k61 Planetary Nebula
Gemini Observatory image of Kronberger 61 showing the ionized shell of expelled gas resembling a soccer ball. The light of the nebula is primarily due to ionized oxygen (oxygen-III) emission and its central star can be seen as the slightly bluer star very close to the center of the nebula. The field of view is 2.2 x 3.4 arcminutes with north up (rotated 22 degrees west of north). Image processing by Travis Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage. A color composite image, it consists of two narrow-band images (O-III and Hydrogen-alpha with three, 500-second integrations each) obtained with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai‘i. Below the bright star at left is a barred spiral galaxy in the distant background, careful inspection will reveal several additional distant galaxies in the image.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/AURA
About the Image
Id: | gemini1108a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | July 25, 2011, 8 p.m. |
Related releases: | gemini1108 |
Size: | 900 x 1400 px |
About the Object
Name: | k61, Kronberger 61, Soccer Ball Nebula |
Distance: | 13000 light years |
Constellation: | Lyra |
Category: | Nebulae |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 19 21 39.80 |
Position (Dec): | 38° 18' 38.50" |
Field of view: | 2.19 x 3.40 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 22.0° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical Olll | 499 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
Optical Ha | 656 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |