NGC 6751
NGC 6751, also known as the 'Glowing Eye Nebula' is planetary nebula about 3000 years old. Other wisps of gas (upper-left-hand corner of the image) are being energized by the nebula's central star, which has a temperature of over 100,000 degrees Celsius. This target was selected by Daniel Tran, of PAL College in Cabramatta, as the winning entry in the 2009 Australian Gemini School Astronomy Contest.
| Observatory: | Gemini Observatory (South) Cerro Pachon, Chile |
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| Telescope: | Gemini South |
| Instrument: | GMOS-S |
| Astronomer: | D. Tran (PAL College), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), T. Bridges (Queen's U.) and the Australian Gemini Office |
| Date of Observation: | 07-27-2009 |
| Filters and Assigned Colors: | Hydrogen alpha (yellow), Sulphur [SII] (red) and Oxygen [OIII] (blue) |
| Exposure Times: | 12x60sec in each filter |
| Location of Image: | Aquilla |
| Field of View: | 3.1 x 4.0 arcmin |
| Orientation: | North is up, east is to the left |
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