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| ITEM REFERENCE | 1883 |
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| TYPE2 | Image archive |
| TITLE | NGC 6995 and NGC6992, part of the Cygnus Loop |
| KEYWORDS | APOD;High-quality images;Supernova Remnants |
| DATE | 2009-01-01 |
| ABSTRACT | The Cygnus Loop is the remnant of a type II supernova. For a few days the supernova emitted as much energy as a whole galaxy. When it was all over, a large fraction of the star was blown into space as a supernova remnant, which its typical at most few light-years across. This image is part of the Eastern Veil Nebula, or NGC 6992, and it was obtained using the Wide Field Camera on the Isaac Newton Telescope. It is a three-colour composite made from data collected using filters to isolate the light emitted by hydrogen alpha (H-alpha), doubly ionised oxygen (OIII) and ionised sulfur (SII) atoms, and coded in the image as red, green and blue respectively. PDF version: http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/NGC6992.pdf, http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/dissemination/ngc6992.pdf. APOD: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091201.html |
| CREDIT | Daniel Lopez (IAC). |
| TELESCOPE | INT |
| INSTRUMENT | WFC |
| RELATED URL | http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/ngc6992.html |
| THUMB_75 | 
https://www.ing.iac.es/PR/science/ngc6992_lopez.jpg |
| FILES | JPG (3.7M) 6079×3880 pixels
TIF (135M) 6079×3880 pixels |
| TIMESTAMP | 2024-09-01 10:11:42 |
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