The Ghost Nebula

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esahubble_heic1818a October 25th, 2018

Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA

IC 63 nicknamed the Ghost Nebula is about 550 light-years from Earth. The nebula is classified as both a reflection nebula as it is reflecting the light of a nearby star and as an emission nebula as it releases hydrogen-alpha radiation. Both effects are caused by the gigantic star Gamma Cassiopeiae. The radiation of this star is also slowly causing the nebula to dissipate.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1818a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IC 63
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Emission
Nebula > Appearance > Reflection
Esahubble_heic1818a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 59m 7.7s
DEC = 60° 53’ 59.3”
Orientation
North is 97.9° CCW
Field of View
2.7 x 2.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Cassiopeia

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (J) 1.1 µm
Orange Hubble (WFC3) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFC3) Optical (r) 625.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFC3) Optical (g) 475.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFC3) Optical (U) 336.0 nm
Purple Hubble (WFC3) Ultraviolet (UV) 275.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Red
Orange
Green
Blue
Blue
Purple
Esahubble_heic1818a_1280
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ID
heic1818a
Subject Category
B.4.2.1   B.4.2.2  
Subject Name
IC 63
Credits
ESA/Hubble, NASA
Release Date
2018-10-25T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1818a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
https://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/p62690868/h28b516e#h28b516e
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Red, Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Blue, Purple
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
H, J, I, r, g, U, UV
Central Wavelength
1600, 1100, 814, 625, 475, 336, 275
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
14.7822823261, 60.8998185224
Reference Dimension
4072.0, 4133.0
Reference Pixel
2036.0, 2066.5
Scale
-1.10081769357e-05, 1.10081769357e-05
Rotation
97.94
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1818a
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1818a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2018-09-05T12:39:16+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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