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Hubble Celebrates 29th Anniversary with a Colorful Look at the Southern Crab Nebula

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stsci_2019-15a April 18th, 2019

Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2019/news-2019-15

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Southern Crab Nebula • Hen2-104 • WRAY-16-147
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Distance

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7,000 light years

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 14h 11m 51.3s; DEC = -51° 26’ 47.3”
Orientation: North is 16.5° CCW
Field of View: 1.4 x 1.6 arcminutes
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFC2/UVIS)	Optical (SII)	673.0 nm
	Hubble (WFC2/UVIS)	Optical (NII)	658.0 nm
	Hubble (WFC2/UVIS)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
	Hubble (WFC2/UVIS)	Optical (OIII)	502.0 nm

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Blue

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ID: 2019-15a
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: Southern Crab Nebula, Hen2-104, WRAY-16-147
Credits: NASA, ESA, and STScI

Release Date: 2019-04-18T00:00:00
Lightyears: 7,000
Redshift: 7,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2019/news-2019-15

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFC2/UVIS, WFC2/UVIS, WFC2/UVIS, WFC2/UVIS
Color Assignment: Red, Orange, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: SII, NII, H-alpha, OIII
Central Wavelength: 673, 658, 656, 502

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 212.96371711759, -51.44647740758
Reference Dimension: 2100.00, 2460.00

Reference Pixel: 1389.36223105255, 841.41817332151
Scale: -0.00001098363, 0.00001098363
Rotation: 16.51124900782
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

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-p1915a-f-2100x2460.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1915a-f-2100x2460.tif
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Metadata Date: 2019-04-01T11:48:30-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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