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Helix Nebula As Seen By Hubble and the Cerro Toledo Inter-American Observatory

Stsci_2004-32b_1024

stsci_2004-32b December 16th, 2004

Credit: NASA, ESA, C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University), and M. Meixner, P. McCullough

A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of Helix Nebula.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-32

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details

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

Distance

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690 light years

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 29m 13.2s; DEC = -20° 48’ 23.5”
Orientation: North is 0.4° CCW
Field of View: 20.7 x 13.7 arcminutes
Constellation: Aquarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS/WFC)	Optical (OII)	502.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS/WFC)	Optical (H-alpha)	658.0 nm
	CTIO (MOSAIC II)	Optical (OIII)	499.0 nm
	CTIO (MOSAIC II)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm

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Green

Green

Red

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ID: 2004-32b
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: Helix Nebula
Credits: NASA, ESA, C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University), and M. Meixner, P. McCullough

Release Date: 2004-12-16T00:00:00
Lightyears: 690
Redshift: 690
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-32

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

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, CTIO, CTIO
Instrument: ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC, MOSAIC II, MOSAIC II
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: OII, H-alpha, OIII, H-alpha
Central Wavelength: 502, 658, 499, 656

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 337.30506101972, -20.80653782645
Reference Dimension: 4731.00, 3129.00

Reference Pixel: 3796.92928772483, 2018.15578835252
Scale: -0.00007296301, 0.00007296301
Rotation: 0.36772149267
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 2500.70 966.66 4161.04 907.15 910.62 1176.80 3569.42 982.74 721.49 1765.20 3500.40 1206.24 2024.02 864.31 3983.29 866.86 Center Pixel Coordinates: 2365.50 337.41954460728 1564.50 -20.84030466845

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-p0432b-f-4731x3129.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0432b-f-4731x3129.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/32

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

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