Emission Nebula Sh2-282
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Sh2-282 is an HII emission nebula. The red hydrogen gas is energized by the intense light from the bright blue stars that surround it. Several pillars can be seen embedded in the gas that are being sculpted from the radiation and solar wind from the bright blue star in the upper-left corner of the image. The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), I (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) 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-sh2-282 |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:34 p.m. |
Size: | 8228 x 8636 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 6 38 6.08 |
Position (Dec): | 1° 28' 18.50" |
Field of view: | 35.87 x 37.65 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.1° right of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Optical B | 436 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical I | 805 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical Ha | 656 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |