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NGC 2371

Esahubble_opo9738c1_1024

esahubble_opo9738c1 December 17th, 1997

Credit: Howard Bond (ST ScI) and NASA/ESA

This image is a part of the Hubble Gallery of Planetary Nebulae.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738c1/

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: IRAS 07224+2935 • NGC 2371
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Esahubble_opo9738c1_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 7h 25m 34.9s; DEC = 29° 29’ 25.1”
Orientation: North is 128.8° CCW
Field of View: 1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Gemini

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm

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Yellow

Purple

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ID: opo9738c1
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: IRAS 07224+2935, NGC 2371
Credits: Howard Bond (ST ScI) and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1997-12-17T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738c1/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Yellow, Purple

Band: Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: I, V
Central Wavelength: 814, 555

Start Time
Integration Time: 300, 76
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 111.395482509, 29.4903140511
Reference Dimension: 400.0, 391.0

Reference Pixel: 200.0, 195.5
Scale: -5.09203551746e-05, 5.09203551746e-05
Rotation: 128.83999999999992
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: opo9738c1

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9738c1.jpg
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Metadata Date: 2019-10-07T11:40:56.641830
Metadata Version: 1.1

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