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Helix Nebula: Detail Image 4

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esahubble_heic0307i May 9th, 2003

Credit: NASA, NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner (STScI), and T.A. Rector (NRAO).

Detailed image of the Helix Nebula.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0307i/

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: Helix Nebula • NGC 7293
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 29m 27.1s; DEC = -20° 53’ 56.0”
Orientation: North is 3.2° CCW
Field of View: 3.0 x 2.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Aquarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (H-alpha)	-
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (Pseudogreen)	-
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (Oiii)	-
Additional information was contributed to this image by the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.

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ID: heic0307i
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: Helix Nebula, NGC 7293
Credits: NASA, NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner (STScI), and T.A. Rector (NRAO).

Release Date: 2003-05-09T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0307i/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: H-alpha, Pseudogreen, Oiii
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: A

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 337.363022331, -20.8988775713
Reference Dimension: 1821.0, 1457.0

Reference Pixel: 910.5, 728.5
Scale: -2.77539357972e-05, 2.77539357972e-05
Rotation: 3.200000000000002
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: heic0307i

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0307i.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:12:12+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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