A Tantalising Veil (ground-based image)

Esahubble_heic0006c_1024

esahubble_heic0006c October 10th, 2000

Credit: ESA & Digitized Sky Survey (Caltech)

This ground-based image of the Cygnus Loop measures 3 x 2 degrees and was taken with the Oschin Schmidt Telescope and scanned as part of the Digitized Sky Survey.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0006c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Cygnus Loop Veil Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
Esahubble_heic0006c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 20h 51m 18.0s
DEC = 31° 12’ 43.3”
Orientation
North is 2.0° CCW
Field of View
2.9 x 2.1 degrees
Constellation
Cygnus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
Red DSS (None) Infrared (I) -
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ID
heic0006c
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
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0006c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Red
Band
Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
B, I
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
312.825095482, 31.2120257288
Reference Dimension
4000.0, 2782.0
Reference Pixel
2000.0, 1391.0
Scale
-0.000737152936712, 0.000737152936712
Rotation
2.0000000000000004
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
heic0006c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:03:23+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

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