Complex Planetary Nebula Sh2-71
Gemini Legacy image of the complex planetary nebula Sh2-71 as imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on Gemini North on Mauna Kea in Hawai‘i. The long-assumed central star is the brightest star near the center, but some astronomers wonder if the much dimmer and bluer star (just to the right and down a bit) might be the parent of this beautiful object. See Image Release for details Technical Details: The image is composed of three narrow-band images, and each is assigned a color as follows: H-alpha (orange), HeII (blue) and [OIII] (cyan). Each image is 15 minutes in duration, the field-of-view is 5.3 x 3.6 arcminutes, and the image is rotated 110 degrees clockwise from north up, east left.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory
About the Image
Id: | gemini1205a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | May 14, 2012 |
Related releases: | gemini1205 |
Size: | 2197 x 1468 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 19 1 59.93 |
Position (Dec): | 2° 9' 9.14" |
Field of view: | 5.33 x 3.56 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 70.0° right of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Optical Hell | 468 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
Optical OIII | 499 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
Optical Ha | 656 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |