Ghost of Jupiter Nebula
spitzer_sig13-014 October 28th, 2013
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/J. Hora (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
The Ghost of Jupiter, also known as NGC 3242, is located roughly 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Hydra. Spitzer's infrared view shows off the cooler outer halo of the dying star, colored here in red. Also evident are concentric rings around the object, the result of material being periodically tossed out in the star's final death throes.
In this image, infrared light at wavelengths of 3.6 microns is rendered in blue, 4.5 microns in green, and 8.0 microns in red.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5682-sig13-014-Ghost-of-Jupiter-Nebula
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
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Image Details
Distance
Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- sig13-014
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.3
- Subject Name
- Ghost of Jupiter, NGC 3242
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/J. Hora (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
- Release Date
- 2013-10-28
- Lightyears
- 1,400
- Redshift
- 1,400
- Reference Url
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5682-sig13-014-Ghost-of-Jupiter-Nebula
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer
- Instrument
- IRAC, IRAC, MIPS
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Near-IR, Near-IR, Mid-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 3600, 4500, 8000
- Start Time
- 2006-12-29T17:04
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- 156.194796, -18.644115
- Reference Dimension
- 530, 530
- Reference Pixel
- 265.5, 265.5
- Scale
- -1.66667000000000e-04, 1.66667000000000e-04
- Rotation
- 65.48073
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
- Publisher
- Spitzer Science Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- sig13-014.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0009/7176/sig13-014.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-10-29
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
