NGC 6302 (ground-based)

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esahubble_heic0407b April 29th, 2004

Credit: ESA/NASA & Romano Corradi (ING)

The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, here imaged with the 3.6 metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory by astronomer Romano L.M. Corradi.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0407b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Bug Nebula NGC 6302
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_heic0407b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 13m 43.4s
DEC = -37° 6’ 10.5”
Orientation
North is 1.3° CCW
Field of View
7.2 x 6.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Scorpius
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ID
heic0407b
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
Bug Nebula, NGC 6302
Credits
ESA/NASA & Romano Corradi (ING)
Release Date
2004-04-29T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0407b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
258.4307536, -37.1029093536
Reference Dimension
987.0, 822.0
Reference Pixel
493.5, 411.0
Scale
-0.000122206913221, 0.000122206913221
Rotation
1.3
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0407b
Metadata Date
2004-04-26T11:04:48+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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