Ground-based view of the sky around IC 63
esahubble_heic1818b October 25th, 2018
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin
This image shows the sky around the nebula IC 63, nicknamed the Ghost Nebula. It was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is dominated by the bright star Gamma Cassiopeiae, which is having a profound influence on IC 63. IC 63 is only one of several nebulous structures surrounding Gamma Cassiopeiae all of which are affected by the radiation emitted by the blue-white subgiant star.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1818b/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic1818b
- Subject Category
- D.4.2.1.1 D.4.2.2
- Subject Name
- IC 63
- Credits
- ESA/Hubble, NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin
- Release Date
- 2018-10-25T16:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1818b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- https://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/p62690868/h28b516e#h28b516e
- Facility
- Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
- Instrument
- None, None, None
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Cyan
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, R, B
- Central Wavelength
- 825, 649, 479.5
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 14.8077989202, 60.9036970102
- Reference Dimension
- 14512.0, 11360.0
- Reference Pixel
- 7256.0, 5680.0
- Scale
- -0.000280553347271, 0.000280553347271
- Rotation
- -0.36
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org
- Name
- 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
- heic1818b
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1818b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2018-10-02T18:16:07+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
