Cat's Eye Nebula image imaged with Digitized Sky Survey 2 (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic0414d September 9th, 2004

Credit: ESA and Digitized Sky Survey 2

The image of the area around the Cat's Eye Nebula was composed from three Digitized Sky Survey 2 images taken through blue, red and infrared filters. The image spans 1 x 1 degree.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0414d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Cat's Eye Nebula IRAS 17584+6638A NGC 6543
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 58m 35.5s
DEC = 66° 38’ 2.9”
Orientation
North is 5.1° CCW
Field of View
59.1 x 58.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Draco

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS (None) Infrared (I) -
Green DSS (None) Optical (R) -
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
heic0414d
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
Cat's Eye Nebula, IRAS 17584+6638A, NGC 6543
Credits
ESA and Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2004-09-09T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0414d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
269.647872119, 66.6341511773
Reference Dimension
3478.0, 3427.0
Reference Pixel
1739.0, 1713.5
Scale
-0.000283337775214, 0.000283337775214
Rotation
5.0600000000000076
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
heic0414d
Metadata Date
2004-09-07T14:33:58+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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