The night sky around the Twin Jet Nebula (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic1518b August 26th, 2015

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image shows the region of sky around the planetary nebula called the Twin Jet Nebula. The bipolar planetary nebula lies about 4200 light-years away.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1518b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M2-9 Twin Jet Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 5m 37.2s
DEC = -10° 8’ 32.9”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
3.4 x 3.6 degrees
Constellation
Ophiuchus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
DSS2 (None) -
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ID
heic1518b
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
M2-9, Twin Jet Nebula
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2015-08-26T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1518b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
256.40510912, -10.142468084
Reference Dimension
12204.0, 12864.0
Reference Pixel
6102.0, 6432.0
Scale
-0.000280025598595, 0.000280025598595
Rotation
0.08
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
heic1518b
Metadata Date
2015-08-14T10:50:35+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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