NGC 1851
This near-infrared image obtained with GeMS adaptive optics system resolves the stars inside NGC 1851, an ancient globular star cluster some 40,000 light-years away.
| Observatory: | Gemini Observatory (South) Cerro Pachon, Chile |
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| Telescope: | Gemini South |
| Instrument: | GMOS-S |
| Astronomer: | Gemini Observatory, Alan McConnachie (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics) and T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) |
| Date of Observation: | 12-31-2012 |
| Filters and Assigned Colors: | J (blue) and Ks (orange) |
| Exposure Times: | 26x160sec in J, 18x180sec in Ks |
| Location of Image: | Columba |
| Field of View: | 0.9 x 0.9 arcmin |
| Orientation: | North is up, East is left |
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