An expanding bubble in space

Esahubble_opo0004a_1024

esahubble_opo0004a January 13th, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA, Donald Walter (South Carolina State University), Paul Scowen and Brian Moore (Arizona State University)

Astronomers, using the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope in October and November 1997 and April 1999, imaged the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) with unprecedented clarity. For the first time, they are able to understand the geometry and dynamics of this very complicated system. Earlier pictures taken of the nebula with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 1 left many issues unanswered, as the data could not be fully calibrated for scientific use. In addition, those data never imaged the enigmatic inner structure presented here.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0004a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Bubble Nebula NGC 7635
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
Esahubble_opo0004a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 23h 20m 41.6s
DEC = 61° 12’ 34.9”
Orientation
North is 4.1° CCW
Field of View
2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Cassiopeia

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) -
Esahubble_opo0004a_1280
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ID
opo0004a
Subject Category
B.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635
Credits
NASA/ESA, Donald Walter (South Carolina State University), Paul Scowen and Brian Moore (Arizona State University)
Release Date
2000-01-13T15:20:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0004a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/124/6/3313/202089.text.html
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
350.1734484, 61.209689
Reference Dimension
1520.0, 1496.0
Reference Pixel
761.0, 749.0
Scale
2.75545881998e-05, 2.75934004054e-05
Rotation
4.1
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
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
opo0004a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:15:49+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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