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NGC 6720

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esahubble_opo9738c18 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/opo9738c18/

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 18517+3257 • M 57 • Messier 57 • NGC 6720 • Ring Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 53m 34.5s; DEC = 33° 1’ 39.3”
Orientation: North is 36.3° CW
Field of View: 1.4 x 1.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Lyra

Color Mapping

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

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Green

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ID: opo9738c18
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: IRAS 18517+3257, M 57, Messier 57, NGC 6720, Ring Nebula
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/opo9738c18/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from: iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/134/4/1679/pdf/205923.web.pdf

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red, Green

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

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 283.393653216, 33.0275805362
Reference Dimension: 823.0, 887.0

Reference Pixel: 411.5, 443.5
Scale: -2.76352849986e-05, 2.76352849986e-05
Rotation: -36.300000000000047
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: opo9738c18

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9738c18.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:49:34+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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