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/

Image Details Image Details

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

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
690 light years
Stsci_2004-32b_128
 

Position Details 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 Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (OII) 502.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (H-alpha) 658.0 nm
Green CTIO (MOSAIC II) Optical (OIII) 499.0 nm
Red CTIO (MOSAIC II) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Green
Red
Stsci_2004-32b_1280
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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
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
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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Universescalefull
690 light years

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