File:NGC 2346 - A Cosmic Butterfly’s Delicate Wings (gemini1504a).jpg
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English: The new image of NGC 2346 showing unprecedented resolution of the molecular hydrogen gas. The image is about 1 arc minute on a side: north is up, east is to the left. In contrast, the size of the full moon is 30 arc minutes |
Date | 9 July 2015 (upload date) |
Source | NGC 2346 - A Cosmic Butterfly’s Delicate Wings |
Author | NOIRLab |
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Image title | NGC 2346: A single pointing, near-infrared image, obtained with Gemini South’s GeMS/GSAOI of the planetary nebula NGC 2346. Planetary nebulae are the gaseous remnants of low- and intermediate-mass stars. Evolved planetary nebulae, such as NGC 2346 (shown here), contain a variety of complex and poorly understood filamentary and clumpy structures. Principal Investigator Letizia Stanghellini of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory and colleagues utilized the high-resolution capability of GeMS to detect these features at scales that would reveal the physical processes leading to their formation. “From the observation point of view,” Stanghellini says, “such an analysis is possible only with the resolution afforded by GeMS/GSAOI. The data will enable us to explore the nature and evolution of planetary nebulae microstructure, and to study the molecular formation and destruction processes in great detail. This will greatly advance our understanding of chemical recycling in our Galaxy and other stellar systems. Image data from Letizia Stanghellini, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, Arizona. Color composite image by Travis Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage. |
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Author | Public Information Outreach Mana, Gemini Observatory/AURA |
Credit/Provider | Gemini Observatory Legacy Image |
Source | Gemini Observatory/AURA |
City shown | La Serena |
Copyright holder | "The Gemini Observatory” must be acknowledged as the source of its materials, products, and technologies. It is unlawful to |
Online copyright statement | http://www.gemini.edu/index.php?q=node/14 |
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Date and time of data generation | 00:00, 9 July 2015 |
JPEG file comment | The new image of NGC 2346 showing unprecedented resolution of the molecular hydrogen gas. The image is about 1 arc minute on a side: north is up, east is to the left. In contrast, the size of the full moon is 30 arc minutes |
IIM version | 2 |
Province or state shown | Region 4 |
Country shown | Chile |
Date and time of digitizing | 00:41, 20 May 2013 |
Sublocation of city shown | Cerro Pachón |
Code for country shown | CL |
Type of item | Science & Technology |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS Windows |
File change date and time | 10:26, 17 October 2013 |
Date metadata was last modified | 10:26, 17 October 2013 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:C2D8A31EF12068118C14C6A9F4D8D82F |
Contact information |
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Keywords | NGC 2346 |