Stellar Death Process

Esahubble_opo9605a_1024

esahubble_opo9605a January 16th, 1996

Credit: H. Bond (STScI) and NASA/ESA

This Hubble Space Telescope image of planetary nebula NGC 7027 shows remarkable new details of the process by which a star like the Sun dies. New features include: faint, blue, concentric shells surrounding the nebula; an extensive network of red dust clouds throughout the bright inner region; and the hot central white dwarf, visible as a white dot at the center.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9605a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 7027
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_opo9605a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 21h 7m 1.4s
DEC = 42° 14’ 10.1”
Orientation
North is 151.2° CCW
Field of View
0.5 x 0.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Cygnus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Pseudocolor Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Pseudocolor
Pseudocolor
Esahubble_opo9605a_1280
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ID
opo9605a
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
NGC 7027
Credits
H. Bond (STScI) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1996-01-16T15:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9605a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/681/2/1296
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor, Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, V
Central Wavelength
814, 555
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
316.756029066, 42.2361420789
Reference Dimension
710.0, 741.0
Reference Pixel
355.0, 370.5
Scale
-1.25862490929e-05, 1.25862490929e-05
Rotation
151.16000000000003
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
opo9605a
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9605a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:45:56+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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