Crab Nebula (new image from 1999/2000 data)
esahubble_heic2607b March 23rd, 2026
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, W. Blair (JHU). Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)
This newly processed image comes from data originally captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in 1999 and 2000. Updated image-processing technology allows for this archival image to be best compared with more recent data, including those captured by Hubble itself. Hubble received a new imaging instrument in 2009, the Wide Field Camera 3.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2607b/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic2607b
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Crab Nebula
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, STScI, W. Blair (JHU). Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2026-03-23T15:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://esahubble.org/images/heic2607b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Cyan, Yellow, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- O III, Strömgren y, O I, S II
- Central Wavelength
- 502, 574, 631, 673
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 83.635615730036, 22.015225537845847
- Reference Dimension
- 3864.0, 3864.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1932.0, 1932.0
- Scale
- -2.7599905781471696e-05, 2.7599905781471696e-05
- Rotation
- -0.060000000000002524
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- https://esahubble.org
- Name
- 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
- heic2607b
- Resource URL
- http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic2607b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2026-03-22T16:41:42.915738
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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