Cygnus Loop

stsci_1995-49i November 29th, 1995

Credit: Jeff Hester (Arizona State University) and NASA

High speed gas from a supernova explosion slams into dark cooler clouds of interstellar material. Shocked and heated by this tidal wave of energy, the clouds glow in bright, neon-like colors. (Image Released: February 1995)

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-49

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Cygnus Loop
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

Distance

2,600 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 20h 56m 18.2s; DEC = 30° 22’ 29.7”
Orientation: North is 22.7° CW
Field of View: 2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Cygnus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (OIII)	-
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	-
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (SII)	-

ID: 1995-49i
Subject Category: B.4.1.4
Subject Name: Cygnus Loop
Credits: Jeff Hester (Arizona State University) and NASA

Release Date: 1995-11-29T00:00:00
Lightyears: 2,600
Redshift: 2,600
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-49

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in Lightyears

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: OIII, H-alpha, SII
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 314.07565464222, 30.37490739389
Reference Dimension: 1506.00, 1525.00

Reference Pixel: 885.61966184194, 715.55818821488
Scale: -0.00002780883, 0.00002780883
Rotation: -22.67718877755
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 1535.74 1149.63 1322.09 1158.17 1085.51 991.28 969.30 837.44 896.51 941.81 812.50 716.28 799.52 707.78 813.80 463.81 916.42 489.96 1005.54 309.57 Center Pixel Coordinates: 753.00 314.08018110084 762.50 30.37469028080

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Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9549i-f-1506x1525.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9549i-f-1506x1525.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1995/49, http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1995/11

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

2,600 light years