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Cotton Candy Nebula (IRAS17150-3224)

Stsci_1998-11f_1024

stsci_1998-11f March 19th, 1998

Credit: Sun Kwok and Kate Su (University of Calgary), Bruce Hrivnak (Valparaiso University), and NASA/ESA

A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Cotton Candy Nebula, IRAS17150-3224.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-11

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Cotton Candy Nebula • IRAS17150-3224
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Distance

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8,000 light years

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 18m 20.1s; DEC = -32° 27’ 23.0”
Orientation: North is 40.6° CCW
Field of View: 0.2 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	450.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm

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ID: 1998-11f
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: Cotton Candy Nebula, IRAS17150-3224
Credits: Sun Kwok and Kate Su (University of Calgary), Bruce Hrivnak (Valparaiso University), and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1998-03-19T00:00:00
Lightyears: 8,000
Redshift: 8,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-11

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

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

Band: Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass: B, V, I
Central Wavelength: 450, 606, 814

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 259.58371028358, -32.45639919263
Reference Dimension: 512.00, 512.00

Reference Pixel: 146.23534688189, 193.45859936689
Scale: -0.00000626772, 0.00000626772
Rotation: 40.60578976850
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 380.17 413.68 238.00 331.00 421.54 477.04 142.00 214.00 440.91 496.42 97.00 182.00 308.95 480.18 362.91 178.82 285.39 474.42 411.02 184.04 350.32 405.30 299.37 339.64 Center Pixel Coordinates: 256.00 259.58278099110 256.00 -32.45655426178

Creator (Curator): STScI
URL: http://hubblesite.org
Name: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email: outreach@stsci.edu

Telephone: 410-338-4444
Address: 3700 San Martin Drive
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: USA
Rights: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9811f-f-512x512.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9811f-f-512x512.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/11

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

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