Printed Poster: Gemini North LGS / Bullets Montage

The upper part of this image is a detailed view of supersonic "bullets" of gas and the wakes created as they pierce through clouds of molecular hydrogen in the Orion Nebula. The lower portion of this montage is a photograph is the propagation of Gemini's laser guide star system (LGS) taken from the catwalk of Canada France Hawaii Telescope.

Technical Details

The one minute exposure was taken with a Canon EOS 1Ds Mkll at f 1:2.8.

Credit:

NOIRLab

About the PrintedPoster

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Release date:July 13, 2021, 11:36 a.m.

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