Hubble image of the Ring Nebula (Messier 57)
esahubble_heic1310a May 23rd, 2013
Credit: NASA, ESA, and C. Robert O’Dell (Vanderbilt University).
This new image shows the dramatic shape and colour of the Ring Nebula, otherwise known as Messier 57. From Earth’s perspective, the nebula looks like a simple elliptical shape with a shaggy boundary. However, new observations combining existing ground-based data with new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope data show that the nebula is shaped like a distorted doughnut. This doughnut has a rugby-ball-shaped region of lower-density material slotted into in its central “gap”, stretching towards and away from us.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1310a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (S II) | 673.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (NII) | 658.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (H-alpha) | 656.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (Continuum) | 645.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (OIII) | 502.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (Hß) | 487.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (H II) | 469.0 nm |
- ID
- heic1310a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.3
- Subject Name
- M 57, Messier 57, NGC 6720, Ring Nebula
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and C. Robert O’Dell (Vanderbilt University).
- Release Date
- 2013-05-23T16:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://esahubble.org/images/heic1310a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Orange, Red, Green, Green, Green, Blue, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- S II, NII, H-alpha, Continuum, OIII, Hß, H II
- Central Wavelength
- 673, 658, 656, 645, 502, 487, 469
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 283.396717725, 33.028925174
- Reference Dimension
- 3179.0, 3179.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1589.5, 1589.5
- Scale
- -1.10095253725e-05, 1.10095253725e-05
- Rotation
- 11.700000000000003
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- https://esahubble.org
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- United States
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- heic1310a
- Resource URL
- http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic1310a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-05-03T11:15:44+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
