The Center of the Southern Crab Nebula He2-104

stsci_1999-32c August 24th, 1999

Credit: Romano Corradi, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain; Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.; Ulisse Munari, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova-Asiago, Italy; HugoSchwarz, Nordic Optical Telescope, Canarias, Spain; and NASA/ESA

A 1999 Hubble Space Telescope image of Southern Crab Nebula, He2-104.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-32

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Southern Crab Nebula • He2-104
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Distance

18,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 14h 11m 52.6s; DEC = -51° 26’ 18.1”
Orientation: North is 2.4° CCW
Field of View: 0.2 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (NII)	658.0 nm

ID: 1999-32c
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: Southern Crab Nebula, He2-104
Credits: Romano Corradi, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain; Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.; Ulisse Munari, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova-Asiago, Italy; HugoSchwarz, Nordic Optical Telescope, Canarias, Spain; and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1999-08-24T00:00:00
Lightyears: 18,000
Redshift: 18,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-32

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

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Orange

Band: Optical
Bandpass: NII
Central Wavelength: 658

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 212.96928727583, -51.43835049528
Reference Dimension: 577.00, 583.00

Reference Pixel: 43.52597408243, 559.96002607961
Scale: -0.00000631782, 0.00000631782
Rotation: 2.37120467798
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 480.17 617.97 240.18 496.38 429.55 519.54 119.36 285.31 507.59 493.53 289.67 219.80 426.74 563.83 118.57 381.56 589.14 492.12 468.94 210.53 Center Pixel Coordinates: 288.50 212.96692482398 291.50 -51.44010069059

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9932c-f-577x583.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/32

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

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18,000 light years