NGC 2440

Esahubble_opo9738c10_1024

esahubble_opo9738c10 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/opo9738c10/

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 07396-1805 NGC 2440
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_opo9738c10_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 7h 41m 55.8s
DEC = -18° 12’ 31.6”
Orientation
North is 97.1° CCW
Field of View
1.1 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Puppis

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_opo9738c10_1280
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ID
opo9738c10
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
IRAS 07396-1805, NGC 2440
Credits
Howard Bond (ST ScI) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-12-17T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738c10/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
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
800, 350
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
115.482569564, -18.2087696388
Reference Dimension
645.0, 750.0
Reference Pixel
322.5, 375.0
Scale
-2.7678162176e-05, 2.7678162176e-05
Rotation
97.059999999999988
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
opo9738c10
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:49:24+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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