IC 417
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.
| Observatory: | Kitt Peak National Observatory Kitt Peak, Arizona |
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| Telescope: | KPNO 4-Meter |
| Instrument: | Mosaic I |
| Astronomer: | T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF) |
| Date of Observation: | 10-24-2011 |
| Filters and Assigned Colors: | B (blue), I (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) |
| Exposure Times: | 5x5min in B, 5x3min in I and 5x10min in H-alpha |
| Location of Image: | Auriga |
| Field of View: | 17.3 x 14.4 arcmin |
| Orientation: | North is left, East is down |
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