Planetary Nebula NGC 7027

Esahubble_opo9811e_1024

esahubble_opo9811e March 19th, 1998

Credit: William B. Latter (SIRTF Science Center/Caltech) and NASA/ESA

This visible and infrared light picture of NGC 7027 provides a more complete view of how this planetary nebula is being shaped, revealing steps in its evolution.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9811e/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 7027
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_opo9811e_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 21h 7m 1.3s
DEC = 42° 14’ 9.8”
Orientation
North is 103.6° CCW
Field of View
0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Cygnus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (Near-IR) -
Green Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (Near-IR) -
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) -
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) -
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ID
opo9811e
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
NGC 7027
Credits
William B. Latter (SIRTF Science Center/Caltech) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1998-03-19T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9811e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/681/2/1296/pdf/74003.web.pdf
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
NICMOS, NICMOS, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
Near-IR, Near-IR, I, V
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
316.755544213, 42.236066523
Reference Dimension
534.0, 499.0
Reference Pixel
267.0, 249.5
Scale
-1.19864105924e-05, 1.19864105924e-05
Rotation
103.56
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
opo9811e
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:50:33+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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