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Quick Facts
| About the Object |
Object Name:
DR21
Object Type:
Star formation region in dark cloud
Position (J2000):
RA:
20h39m00.9s
Dec:
42d19m57s
Distance:
2000 parsecs (6200 light years)
Constellation:
Cygnus (The Swan)
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| About the Data |
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/A. Marston (ESTEC/ESA) & A. Noriega-Crespo (SSC/Caltech)
Instrument:
IRAC, MIPS
Wavelength:
IRAC: 3.6 (blue), 4.5 (green), 5.8 (orange), 8.0 (red) microns
MIPS: 24 microns
Exposure Date:
IRAC: October 11, 2003 & November 22, 2003
MIPS: November 18, 2003
Exposure Time:
IRAC: 5 seconds per position
MIPS: 84 sec (total)
Image Scale:
IRAC: 61 x 37 arcmin
MIPS: 104 x 32.6 arcmin (rectangular dimensions)
Orientation:
IRAC: North is 88 deg CW from up
MIPS: North is 88 deg CW from up (22 deg CW from up for separate download)
Release Date: April 13, 2004
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| Observers |
IRAC
Tony Marston, Principal Investigator (ESA/ESTEC)
Lori Allen (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
Ted Bergin (U. Michigan)
Sean Carey (Spitzer Science Center)
Gary Melnick (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
Alberto Noriega-Crespo (Spitzer Science Center)
Judy Pipher (University of Rochester)
Bill Reach (Spitzer Science Center)
Jeonghee Rho (Spitzer Science Center)
Howard Smith (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
Dan Watson (University of Rochester)
MIPS
Alberto Noriega-Crespo, Principal Investigator (Spitzer Science Center)
Eiichi Egami (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
William B. Latter (Spitzer Science Center)
James Muzerolle (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Deborah Padgett (Spitzer Science Center)
Luisa Rebull (Spitzer Science Center)
Jeonghee Rho (Spitzer Science Center)
George Rieke (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Karl Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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