NGC 6537

Esahubble_opo9738c5_1024

esahubble_opo9738c5 December 17th, 1997

Credit: Bruce Balick (University of Washington), Vincent Icke (Leiden University), Garrelt Mellema (Stockholm University) 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/opo9738c5/

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 18021-1950 NGC 6537
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_opo9738c5_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 5m 13.5s
DEC = -19° 50’ 22.9”
Orientation
North is 44.5° CW
Field of View
1.3 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (N II) 658.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H Alpha) 656.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (O III) 502.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo9738c5_1280
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ID
opo9738c5
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
IRAS 18021-1950, NGC 6537
Credits
Bruce Balick (University of Washington), Vincent Icke (Leiden University), Garrelt Mellema (Stockholm University) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-12-17T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738c5/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
N II, H Alpha, O III
Central Wavelength
658, 656, 502
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
271.30607951, -19.8396999716
Reference Dimension
447.0, 900.0
Reference Pixel
223.5, 450.0
Scale
-4.67347692536e-05, 4.67347692536e-05
Rotation
-44.500000000000007
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
opo9738c5
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:40:55.367088
Metadata Version
1.1
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