IPHASX J205013.7+465518, the Ear Nebula
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Informally known as the "Ear Nebula", this relatively old and very faint planetary nebula was discovered by the INT/WFC Photometric H-alpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS) in 2005. The image was generated with observations in the Hydrogen alpha (red) and Oxygen [OIII] (blue) filters. In this image, North is up, East is to the left.
Credit:T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
About the Image
Id: | noao-ear |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:34 p.m. |
Size: | 2292 x 2098 px |
About the Object
Name: | Ear Nebula, IPHASX J205013.7+465518 |
Constellation: | Cygnus |
Category: | Nebulae |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 20 50 10.56 |
Position (Dec): | 46° 52' 57.35" |
Field of view: | 10.00 x 9.15 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.3° right of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical Olll | 499 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical Ha | 656 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |