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DSS image of Dumbbell Nebula (ground-based image)

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esahubble_opo0306e February 10th, 2003

Credit: Digitized Sky Survey (DSS)

Close up of M27, The Dumbbell Nebula, as taken by the Digitized Sky Survey.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0306e/

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: Dumbbell Nebula • IRAS 19574+2234 • M 27 • Messier 27 • NGC 6853
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 19h 59m 36.2s; DEC = 22° 43’ 1.4”
Orientation: North is 0.9° CW
Field of View: 15.0 x 15.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Vulpecula

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS (None)	Optical (R)	-
	DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: opo0306e
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: Dumbbell Nebula, IRAS 19574+2234, M 27, Messier 27, NGC 6853
Credits: Digitized Sky Survey (DSS)

Release Date: 2003-02-10T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0306e/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: DSS, DSS
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, B
Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 299.900888461, 22.7170473164
Reference Dimension: 600.0, 600.0

Reference Pixel: 300.0, 300.0
Scale: -0.000416068947374, 0.000416068947374
Rotation: -0.88000000000000012
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: opo0306e

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0306e.jpg
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Metadata Date: 2019-10-07T11:41:44.190873
Metadata Version: 1.1

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