Comparison of images with and without Adaptive Optics (labeled)
This image shows a comparison of the new image (top) of the western wall of the Carina Nebula taken by the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, and an image of the same region without Adaptive Optics (bottom). The top image was taken with the Gemini South telescope with the GSAOI instrument using the GeMS adaptive optics system, and the bottom image was taken at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory with the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope using the NEWFIRM instrument.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Acknowledgment:
PI: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University)
Image processing: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University), Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
About the Image
| Id: | noirlab2025b |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | Oct. 5, 2020, 6 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2025 |
| Size: | 4002 x 4268 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Carina Nebula |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Wallpapers
Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Infrared Br γ | 2.168 μm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope NEWFIRM |
| Infrared H I Brγ | 2.166 μm | Gemini South GSAOI |
| Infrared H2 | 2.132 μm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope NEWFIRM |
| Infrared H2(1-0) S(1) | 2.248 μm | Gemini South GSAOI |