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A tantalising veil

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esahubble_heic0006b October 10th, 2000

Credit: ESA & Digitized Sky Survey (Caltech)

This delicate Hubble Space Telescope image shows a tiny portion of the Cygnus loop, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan. Measurements on this super-detailed image of a cosmic veil shows that the original supernova explosion took place only 5, 000 years ago.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0006b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

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

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 20h 56m 4.4s; DEC = 31° 56’ 27.8”
Orientation: North is 29.4° CW
Field of View: 2.5 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Cygnus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	None (None)		-
	Hubble (WFPC2)	(R)	-

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ID: heic0006b
Subject Category: B.4.1.4
Subject Name: Cygnus Loop, Veil Nebula
Credits: ESA & Digitized Sky Survey (Caltech)

Release Date: 2000-10-10T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0006b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: None, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: None, WFPC2
Color Assignment

Band
Bandpass: -, R
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 314.018475037, 31.9410500866
Reference Dimension: 1500.0, 746.0

Reference Pixel: 750.0, 373.0
Scale: -2.75462983415e-05, 2.75462983415e-05
Rotation: -29.419999999999984
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic0006b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0006b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:03:15+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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