Spitzer, Chandra, CTIO Image of N 63A - Wide Field

esahubble_heic0507c June 7th, 2005

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXC/NOAO/AURA/NSF

A colour composite of Spitzer infrared, Chandra X-ray and ground-based Halpha. The colour assignments are: Chandra (all bands) (blue), CTIO ground-based H-alpha (green), Spitzer 4.5 micron (yellow) and Spitzer 8.0 micron (red).

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0507c/

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: DEM L 243 • LHA 120-N 63A • SNR 0535-66.0
Subject - Local Universe: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 34m 58.8s; DEC = -66° 1’ 13.4”
Orientation: North is 8.4° CCW
Field of View: 15.4 x 10.6 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Spitzer (None)	Infrared (Near-IR)	-
Spitzer (None)	Infrared (Near-IR)	-
CTIO (None)	Optical (H-alpha)	-
Chandra (None)	X-ray	-

ID: heic0507c
Subject Category: C.4.1.2
Subject Name: DEM L 243, LHA 120-N 63A, SNR 0535-66.0
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXC/NOAO/AURA/NSF

Release Date: 2005-06-07T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0507c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Spitzer Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, CTIO, Chandra
Instrument: None, None, None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Optical, X-ray
Bandpass: Near-IR, Near-IR, H-alpha, -
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 83.7449831498, -66.0203954181
Reference Dimension: 1848.0, 1274.0

Reference Pixel: 925.0, 638.0
Scale: -0.000138964839553, 0.000138964839553
Rotation: 8.4000000000000075
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: heic0507c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0507c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2005-06-03T16:16:42-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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