Planetary Nebula NGC 6210

Esahubble_opo9836f_1024

esahubble_opo9836f October 22nd, 1998

Credit: Robert Rubin and Christopher Ortiz (NASA/ESA Ames Research Center), Patrick Harrington and Nancy Jo Lame (University of Maryland), Reginald Dufour (Rice University), and NASA/ESA

A combination of two composite images of NGC 6210. The outer, mostly green portion represents the light of doubly ionized oxygen. The inner portion represents the light of singly and doubly ionized oxygen in red and green respectively.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9836f/

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
IRAS 16423+2353 NGC 6210
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_opo9836f_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 44m 29.5s
DEC = 23° 47’ 59.1”
Orientation
North is 4.4° CCW
Field of View
0.9 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Hercules

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (OII) 375.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (OIII) 502.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Esahubble_opo9836f_1280
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ID
opo9836f
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
IRAS 16423+2353, NGC 6210
Credits
Robert Rubin and Christopher Ortiz (NASA/ESA Ames Research Center), Patrick Harrington and Nancy Jo Lame (University of Maryland), Reginald Dufour (Rice University), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1998-10-22T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9836f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green
Band
Ultraviolet, Optical
Bandpass
OII, OIII
Central Wavelength
375, 502
Start Time
Integration Time
460, 320
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
251.122833503, 23.7997456403
Reference Dimension
526.0, 605.0
Reference Pixel
263.0, 302.5
Scale
-2.78153634818e-05, 2.78153634818e-05
Rotation
4.3599999999999994
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
opo9836f
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:40:54.763832
Metadata Version
1.1
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