The Red Spider Nebula: surfing in Sagittarius - not for the faint-hearted!

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esahubble_heic0109a July 24th, 2001

Credit: ESA & Garrelt Mellema (Leiden University, the Netherlands)

Huge waves are sculpted in this two-lobed nebula some 3000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. This warm planetary nebula harbours one of the hottest stars known and its powerful stellar winds generate waves 100 billion kilometres high. The waves are caused by supersonic shocks, formed when the local gas is compressed and heated in front of the rapidly expanding lobes. The atoms caught in the shock emit the spectacular radiation seen in this image.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0109a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 6537 Red Spider Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 5m 13.4s
DEC = -19° 50’ 32.6”
Orientation
North is 50.1° CCW
Field of View
2.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Sii) -
Orange Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Nii) -
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) -
Cyan Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Oii) -
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Oiii) -
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ID
heic0109a
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
NGC 6537, Red Spider Nebula
Credits
ESA & Garrelt Mellema (Leiden University, the Netherlands)
Release Date
2001-07-24T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0109a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08088.x/full
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Green, Cyan, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Sii, Nii, H-alpha, Oii, Oiii
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
271.305783065, -19.8423777465
Reference Dimension
3206.0, 1785.0
Reference Pixel
1603.0, 892.5
Scale
-1.13444810478e-05, 1.13444810478e-05
Rotation
50.14000000000005
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
heic0109a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:05:04+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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