Planetary Nebula NGC 6210

stsci_1998-36b October 22nd, 1998

Credit: Robert Rubin and Christopher Ortiz (NASA/ESA Ames Research Center), Patrick Harrington and Nancy Jo Lame (University of Maryland), Reginald Dufour (Rice University), and NASA/ESA

A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 6210.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-36

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 6210
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Distance

6,600 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 44m 29.5s; DEC = 23° 47’ 58.4”
Orientation: North is 4.4° CCW
Field of View: 0.7 x 0.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Hercules

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (OII)	375.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (OIII)	502.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (HI)	437.0 nm

ID: 1998-36b
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: NGC 6210
Credits: Robert Rubin and Christopher Ortiz (NASA/ESA Ames Research Center), Patrick Harrington and Nancy Jo Lame (University of Maryland), Reginald Dufour (Rice University), and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1998-10-22T00:00:00
Lightyears: 6,600
Redshift: 6,600
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-36

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: OII, OIII, HI
Central Wavelength: 375, 502, 437

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 251.12305744111, 23.79956138250
Reference Dimension: 437.00, 546.00

Reference Pixel: 208.37264677280, 268.97465393114
Scale: -0.00002763551, 0.00002763551
Rotation: 4.37093816840
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 453.11 430.87 209.70 268.81 403.08 357.90 181.69 234.66 379.45 451.03 173.37 282.38 452.42 483.00 211.36 294.92 Center Pixel Coordinates: 218.50 251.12274292463 273.00 23.79967364237

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Publisher: STScI
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9836b-f-437x546.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9836b-f-437x546.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/36

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

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6,600 light years