Emission Nebula IC 417
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 spider, IC 417 is an emission nebula that is energized by embedded hot, massive blue stars. The bluish clouds of gas at the top of the image are locations of new star formation. The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), I (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters. In this image, North is left, East is down.
Credit:T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
About the Image
| Id: | noao-ic417 |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:34 p.m. |
| Size: | 4004 x 3323 px |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 5 28 10.49 |
| Position (Dec): | 34° 17' 11.24" |
| Field of view: | 17.46 x 14.49 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 90.2° left of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical U | 355 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical B | 436 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical V | 538 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical Olll | 502 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical R | 651 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical I | 805 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical Sll | 673 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical Ha | 656 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |