File:IRS-8 Bow-Shock (gemini-bowshock-color).jpg
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DescriptionIRS-8 Bow-Shock (gemini-bowshock-color).jpg |
English: The object, known by the unglamorous name of IRS8, was only an ill-defined smudge until Gemini came along. Now, the Gemini telescope's advanced optics show that IRS8 appears to be a star that is plowing through a poorly understood gas and dust cloud near the galactic center. Moving relative to the cloud, the star creates a very obvious bow-shock wave, similar to the wave that forms in front of a boat as it goes through water. See Image Release for details Technical Details: Images obtained in July and August 2000 using Gemini with Hokupa'a/QUIRC Adaptive Optics system. Each image is made from H (1.65µm) and K' (2.1µm) filters. Pixel scale is approximately 0.02 arcsec/pixel. Integration times ranged from 10-15 minutes pe |
Date | 16 October 2000 (upload date) |
Source | IRS-8 Bow-Shock |
Author | International Gemini Observatory, National Science Foundation and the University of Hawaii Adaptive Optics Group |
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Credit/Provider | International Gemini Observatory, National Science Foundation and the University of Hawaii Adaptive Optics Group |
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Source | NSF's NOIRLab |
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Date and time of data generation | 20:00, 16 October 2000 |
JPEG file comment | The object, known by the unglamorous name of IRS8, was only an ill-defined smudge until Gemini came along. Now, the Gemini telescope's advanced optics show that IRS8 appears to be a star that is plowing through a poorly understood gas and dust cloud near the galactic center. Moving relative to the cloud, the star creates a very obvious bow-shock wave, similar to the wave that forms in front of a boat as it goes through water. See Image Release for details Technical Details: Images obtained in July and August 2000 using Gemini with Hokupa'a/QUIRC Adaptive Optics system. Each image is made from H (1.65µm) and K' (2.1µm) filters. Pixel scale is approximately 0.02 arcsec/pixel. Integration times ranged from 10-15 minutes pe |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Windows) |
File change date and time | 22:04, 15 December 2019 |
Unique ID of original document | 00B23864C9F300B59DCFA144B8867632 |
Date and time of digitizing | 22:29, 19 November 2019 |
Date metadata was last modified | 23:04, 15 December 2019 |
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