The Bubble Nebula

esahubble_heic1608a April 21st, 2016

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team

The Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, is an emission nebula located 8 000 light-years away. This stunning new image was observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to celebrate its 26th year in space.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1608a/

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: Bubble Nebula • NGC 7635
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 23h 20m 42.1s; DEC = 61° 11’ 28.4”
Orientation: North is 33.6° CCW
Field of View: 5.2 x 4.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Cassiopeia

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (O III)	502.0 nm
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (H-alpha)	657.0 nm
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (N II)	658.0 nm

ID: heic1608a
Subject Category: B.4.2.1.1
Subject Name: Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635
Credits: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team

Release Date: 2016-04-21T17:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1608a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/344596/pdf;jsessionid=1BA890BB6DAB597F4C65FB4C6AFEEF55.c4.iopscience.cld.iop.org

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: O III, H-alpha, N II
Central Wavelength: 502, 657, 658

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 350.175386125, 61.1912206849
Reference Dimension: 7857.0, 7462.0

Reference Pixel: 3928.5, 3731.0
Scale: -1.10108269708e-05, 1.10108269708e-05
Rotation: 33.580000000000027
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
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1608a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1608a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-03-24T10:23:32-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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