The Crab of the Southern Sky

Esahubble_heic1907a_1024

esahubble_heic1907a April 18th, 2019

Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI

The Southern Crab Nebula Hubbles 29th anniversary image.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1907a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Hen 2-104
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula
Esahubble_heic1907a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 11m 52.2s
DEC = -51° 26’ 28.9”
Orientation
North is 16.3° CCW
Field of View
1.4 x 1.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Green Hubble (WFC3) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Orange Hubble (WFC3) Optical (N II) 658.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFC3) Optical (O III) 502.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Optical (S II) 673.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Green
Orange
Blue
Red
Esahubble_heic1907a_1280
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ID
heic1907a
Subject Category
B.4  
Subject Name
Hen 2-104
Credits
NASA, ESA, and STScI
Release Date
2019-04-18T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/heic1907a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Green, Orange, Blue, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, N II, O III, S II
Central Wavelength
656, 658, 502, 673
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
212.967601826, -51.4413667094
Reference Dimension
2100.0, 2460.0
Reference Pixel
1050.0, 1230.0
Scale
-1.09924373791e-05, 1.09924373791e-05
Rotation
16.320000000000004
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
United States
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1907a
Resource URL
http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic1907a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2019-04-03T09:22:16+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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