NGC 6210

stsci_1998-36d October 22nd, 1998

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

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

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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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 6.5° CCW
Field of View: 0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Hercules

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (OIII)	502.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical	-

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

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
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: OIII, -
Central Wavelength: 502, -

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Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 251.12305744111, 23.79956138250
Reference Dimension: 203.00, 203.00

Reference Pixel: 87.72636341878, 90.34529700746
Scale: -0.00002688995, 0.00002688995
Rotation: 6.54851656331
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 454.00 431.00 90.00 104.00 537.00 521.00 134.00 146.00 384.41 452.51 56.50 119.00 405.02 358.42 60.85 69.64 431.90 481.18 81.19 131.15 Center Pixel Coordinates: 101.50 251.12259061078 101.50 23.79984509619

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Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9836d-f-203x203.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9836d-f-203x203.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