Hubble's Planetary Nebula Gallery. A View of IC 3568

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esahubble_opo9738c December 17th, 1997

Credit: Howard Bond ( Space Telescope Science Institute), Robin Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State University) and NASA/ESA

IC 3568 lies in the constellation Camelopardalis at a distance of about 9, 000 light-years, and has a diameter of about 0.4 light-years (or about 800 times the diameter of our solar system). It is an example of a round planetary nebula. Note the bright inner shell and fainter, smooth, circular outer envelope.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 12317+8250
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_opo9738c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 33m 7.0s
DEC = 82° 33’ 50.1”
Orientation
North is 101.8° CW
Field of View
0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Camelopardalis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Esahubble_opo9738c_1280
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ID
opo9738c
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
IRAS 12317+8250
Credits
Howard Bond ( Space Telescope Science Institute), Robin Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State University) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-12-17T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aa/full/2008/29/aa09635-08/aa09635-08.html
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, V
Central Wavelength
814, 555
Start Time
Integration Time
50, 15
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
188.279177371, 82.5639179065
Reference Dimension
485.0, 479.0
Reference Pixel
242.5, 239.5
Scale
-1.26636065741e-05, 1.26636065741e-05
Rotation
-101.80000000000001
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
opo9738c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:49:22+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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