Southern Crab Nebula

esahubble_opo9932b April 18th, 2019

Credit: Romano Corradi, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain; Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.; Ulisse Munari, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova-Asiago, Italy; HugoSchwarz, Nordic Optical Telescope, Canarias, Spain; and NASA/ESA

A tempestuous relationship between an unlikely pair of stars may have created an oddly shaped, gaseous nebula that resembles an hourglass nestled within an hourglass. The possible creators of these shapes cannot be seen at all in this Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2image. It's a pair of aging stars buried in the glow of the tiny, central nebula.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/opo9932b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: IRAS 14085-5112 • Southern Crab Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 14h 11m 52.1s; DEC = -51° 26’ 22.8”
Orientation: North is 2.5° CCW
Field of View: 1.8 x 1.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (N II)	658.0 nm

ID: opo9932b
Subject Category: B.4
Subject Name: IRAS 14085-5112, Southern Crab Nebula
Credits: Romano Corradi, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain; Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.; Ulisse Munari, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova-Asiago, Italy; HugoSchwarz, Nordic Optical Telescope, Canarias, Spain; and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 2019-04-18T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://esahubble.org/images/opo9932b/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes: Distance in light years from: http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aa/full/2008/25/aa9212-07/aa9212-07.html

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Orange

Band: Optical
Bandpass: N II
Central Wavelength: 658

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Dataset ID: None
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 212.967187397, -51.4396546143
Reference Dimension: 1063.0, 813.0

Reference Pixel: 531.5, 406.5
Scale: -2.75490298873e-05, 2.75490298873e-05
Rotation: 2.4600000000000009
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: https://esahubble.org
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Address: ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: United States
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9932b

Resource URL: http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/opo9932b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:54:50+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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