Cassiopeia A (NIRCam Image)

Stsci_2023-149a_1024

stsci_2023-149a December 6th, 2023

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, D. Milisavljevic(Purdue), A. Pagan (STScI)

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-149

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: https://www.stsci.edu/copyright

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Cassiopeia A • SNR G111.7-02.1
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Interstellar Medium

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
11,090 light years
Stsci_2023-149a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 23h 23m 24.0s
DEC = 58° 48’ 54.2”
Orientation
North is 27.2° CW
Field of View
6.1 x 7.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Cassiopeia

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Webb (NIRCAM) Infrared 1.6 µm
Cyan Webb (NIRCAM) Infrared 3.6 µm
Red Webb (NIRCAM) Infrared 4.4 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Cyan
Red
Stsci_2023-149a_1280
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ID
2023-149a
Subject Category
B.4.1.1  
Subject Name
Cassiopeia A, SNR G111.7-02.1
Credits
NASA, ESA, CSA, D. Milisavljevic(Purdue), A. Pagan (STScI)
Release Date
2023-12-06T10:00:00
Lightyears
11,090
Redshift
11,090
Reference Url
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-149
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in lightyears
Facility
Webb, Webb, Webb
Instrument
NIRCAM, NIRCAM, NIRCAM
Color Assignment
Blue, Cyan, Red
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
1620, 3560, 4440
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
350.84989417695, 58.81506098940
Reference Dimension
11694.00, 13392.00
Reference Pixel
5808.21243906735, 6707.21328093398
Scale
-0.00000867550, 0.00000867550
Rotation
-27.18730921778
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 131.63 1947.50 11320.17 12832.38 88.54 479.35 2445.50 12914.56 2131.35 449.18 2506.25 569.85 1809.50 1591.95 9371.77 2652.86 Center Pixel Coordinates: 5847.00 350.84923804555 6696.00 58.81513603609
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
https://www.stsci.edu/
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
https://www.stsci.edu/copyright
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-J-p23149a-f-11694x13392.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2023-149/STSCI-J-p23149a-f-11694x13392.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2023-12-12T10:41:43-05:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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11,090 light years

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