NGC 2392

esahubble_heic9910a January 24th, 2000

Credit: NASA, ESA, Andrew Fruchter (STScI), and the ERO team (STScI + ST-ECF)

In its first glimpse of the heavens following the successful December 1999 servicing mission, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a majestic view of a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a dying, Sun-like star.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic9910a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 2392
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 7h 29m 10.9s; DEC = 20° 54’ 43.3”
Orientation: North is 168.4° CCW
Field of View: 1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Gemini

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (Nii)	658.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (Oiii)	502.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (Heii)	469.0 nm

ID: heic9910a
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: NGC 2392
Credits: NASA, ESA, Andrew Fruchter (STScI), and the ERO team (STScI + ST-ECF)

Release Date: 2000-01-24T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic9910a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red, Orange, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: Nii, H-alpha, Oiii, Heii
Central Wavelength: 658, 656, 502, 469

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 112.2952728, 20.9120193
Reference Dimension: 1500.0, 1500.0

Reference Pixel: 751.0, 751.0
Scale: 1.38594652182e-05, 1.38307541372e-05
Rotation: 168.4
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: WCS info from NASA/Hubble

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province: None

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic9910a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic9910a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:14:43+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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