Planetary Nebula IRAS 17150-3224

esahubble_opo9811f March 19th, 1998

Credit: Sun Kwok and Kate Su (University of Calgary), Bruce Hrivnak (Valparaiso University), and NASA/ESA

The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2has captured images of the birth of two planetary nebulae as they emerge from wrappings of gas and dust, like butterflies breaking out of their cocoons.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9811f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Cotton Candy Nebula • IRAS 17150-3224
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 18m 19.9s; DEC = -32° 27’ 21.7”
Orientation: North is 40.6° CCW
Field of View: 0.2 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	450.0 nm

ID: opo9811f
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: Cotton Candy Nebula, IRAS 17150-3224
Credits: Sun Kwok and Kate Su (University of Calgary), Bruce Hrivnak (Valparaiso University), and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1998-03-19T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9811f/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/650/1/237/64825.text.html

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

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, V, B
Central Wavelength: 814, 606, 450

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 259.582800872, -32.4560283549
Reference Dimension: 512.0, 512.0

Reference Pixel: 256.0, 256.0
Scale: -6.34831047543e-06, 6.34831047543e-06
Rotation: 40.63999999999993
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: None

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9811f

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9811f.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:50:34+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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