Veil Nebula - Segment #1

stsci_2007-30b August 2nd, 2007

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)- ESA/Hubble Collaboration Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University)

This is a small portion of the Veil Nebula - the shattered remains of a supernova that exploded thousands of years ago. The entire structure spans about 3 degrees on the sky, corresponding to about 6 full moons. The image was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in November 1994 and August 1997.

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Veil Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

Distance

1,500 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 20h 56m 46.8s; DEC = 31° 8’ 12.9”
Orientation: North is 137.9° CCW
Field of View: 2.5 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Cygnus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical ([OIII])	502.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (Halpha)	656.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical ([S II])	673.0 nm
August 1995

ID: 2007-30b
Subject Category: B.4.1.4
Subject Name: Veil Nebula
Credits: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)- ESA/Hubble Collaboration Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University)

Release Date: 2007-08-02T00:00:00
Lightyears: 1,500
Redshift: 1,500
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2007/news-2007-30

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Approximately 1,500 light-years (460 pc) away.

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: [OIII], Halpha, [S II]
Central Wavelength: 502, 656, 673

Start Time: 1995-08-30T00:00:00, 1995-08-30T00:00:00, 1995-08-30T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: A

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 314.19501333472, 31.13691080111
Reference Dimension: 1500.00, 741.00

Reference Pixel: 581.58598824069, 559.42554103038
Scale: -0.00002763686, 0.00002763686
Rotation: 137.89936790254
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

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0730b-f-1500x741.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/30

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

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1,500 light years