Wikimedia Commons

File:IC 2162 (noao-ic2162wessels).jpg

Original file (1,498 × 1,000 pixels, file size: 349 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

These glowing clouds of gas have young and bright stars in their centers which cause the gas to emit red light. Cool gas and dust in these clouds also cause the dark lanes and filaments by blocking background sources of light.

Summary

edit
Description
English: These glowing clouds of gas have young and bright stars in their centers which cause the gas to emit red light. Cool gas and dust in these clouds also cause the dark lanes and filaments by blocking background sources of light. These relatively small clouds are located in the constellation of Orion (but closer to the border of Gemini) towards the outer spiral arm of our galaxy. Note the large diffuse nebula on the right edge of the image.This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center during 2014.
Date 7 June 2014, 09:36:00 (upload date)
Source IC 2162
Author KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Mark and Patricia Wessels/Adam Block
Other versions
  • TIFF version
    TIFF version

Licensing

edit
This media was created by the National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab).
Their website states: "Unless specifically noted, the images, videos, and music distributed on the public NOIRLab website, along with the texts of press releases, announcements, images of the week and captions; are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, and may on a non-exclusive basis be reproduced without fee provided the credit is clear and visible."
To the uploader: You must provide a link (URL) to the original file and the authorship information if available.
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:24, 23 October 2023Thumbnail for version as of 17:24, 23 October 20231,498 × 1,000 (349 KB)OptimusPrimeBot (talk | contribs)#Spacemedia - Upload of https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/large/noao-ic2162wessels.jpg via Commons:Spacemedia

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following 2 pages use this file:

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:IC_2162_(noao-ic2162wessels).jpg&oldid=909335986"