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Dense Gas and Dust Beyond the Outer Layers of the Cone Nebula

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stsci_2002-13a June 5th, 2002

Credit: NASA, The NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA) and The NICMOS Science Team (Univ. of Arizona)

A 2002 Hubble Space Telescope image of Cone Nebula, NGC 2264.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2002/news-2002-13

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Cone Nebula • NGC 2264
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Emission

Distance

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2,500 light years

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 6h 41m 12.6s; DEC = 9° 26’ 25.6”
Orientation: North is 30.2° CCW
Field of View: 0.8 x 0.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Monoceros

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (J)	1.1 µm
	Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm
	Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (Pa)	1.9 µm

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Red

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ID: 2002-13a
Subject Category: B.4.2.1
Subject Name: Cone Nebula, NGC 2264
Credits: NASA, The NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA) and The NICMOS Science Team (Univ. of Arizona)

Release Date: 2002-06-05T00:00:00
Lightyears: 2,500
Redshift: 2,500
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2002/news-2002-13

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

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

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: J, H, Pa
Central Wavelength: 1100, 1600, 1870

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 100.30237034610, 9.44044222110
Reference Dimension: 1116.00, 1236.00

Reference Pixel: 400.29377120842, 654.84923043521
Scale: -0.00001124766, 0.00001124766
Rotation: 30.21593269869
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 122.22 13.06 982.82 554.31 141.67 9.51 1002.48 646.70 206.10 99.39 549.80 971.90 77.93 47.42 809.40 329.38 73.32 23.90 926.46 304.71 Center Pixel Coordinates: 558.00 100.30103056277 618.00 9.43921793528

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-p0213a-f-1116x1236.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0213a-f-1116x1236.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2002/13

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

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