Digitized Sky Survey 2 image of the Crab Nebula (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic0515d December 1st, 2005

Credit: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

This two-colour image shows 2.7 x 2.7 degrees of the surroundings around the Crab Nebula. It was composed from Digitized Sky Survey 2 images.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0515d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Crab Nebula Messier 1
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 34m 1.6s
DEC = 21° 58’ 39.4”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View
2.8 x 2.8 degrees
Constellation
Taurus
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ID
heic0515d
Subject Category
B.4  
Subject Name
Crab Nebula, Messier 1
Credits
ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
Release Date
2005-12-01T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0515d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.5065389072, 21.9775980057
Reference Dimension
9897.0, 9827.0
Reference Pixel
4948.5, 4913.5
Scale
-0.000280294759745, 0.000280294759745
Rotation
0.71999999999999953
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
heic0515d
Metadata Date
2005-11-04T19:46:04+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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