1. Video moving through the data cube for an observation of NGC 6240 with the low resolution integral field unit capability of GNIRS, showing a detailed view of the molecular hydrogen emission line at 2.12 microns.
  2. Video moving through the data cube for an observation of NGC 6240 with the low resolution integral field unit capability of GNIRS, showing a detailed view of the molecular hydrogen emission line at 2.12 microns.

Video moving through the data cube for an observation of NGC 6240 with the low resolution integral field unit capability of GNIRS, showing a detailed view of the molecular hydrogen emission line at 2.12 microns.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/GNIRS Team Image processing: M. Rodriguez (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab) & J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab). Acknowledgment: B.R. Kent (NRAO).

Video moving through the data cube for an observation of NGC 6240 with the low resolution integral field unit capability of GNIRS, showing a detailed view of the molecular hydrogen emission line at 2.12 microns.

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About the Image

Id:sci23055b
Type: Photographic
Release date: October 6, 2023, 4:40 pm
Related announcements: sci23055
Size:600 x 700 px