Cygnus Loop

esahubble_opo9301a January 6th, 1993

Credit: J.J. Hester (Arizona State University), and NASA

This is an image of a small portion of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1991. The Cygnus Loop marks the edge of a bubble-like, expanding blast wave from a colossal stellar explosion which occurred about 15,000 years ago.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9301a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Cygnus Loop • NGC 6960 • SNR 074.0-08.5
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC1)	Optical (SII)	-
Hubble (WFPC1)	Optical (H-alpha)	-
Hubble (WFPC1)	Optical (OIII)	-

ID: opo9301a
Subject Category: B.4.1.4
Subject Name: Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, SNR 074.0-08.5
Credits: J.J. Hester (Arizona State University), and NASA

Release Date: 1993-01-06T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9301a/

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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC1, WFPC1, WFPC1
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: SII, H-alpha, OIII
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9301a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9301a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:38:22+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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