Wide-field ground-based astrophoto of the Veil Nebula

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esahubble_heic0712g July 31st, 2007

Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University) and Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

A wide-field image of the Veil Nebula, made as a colour composite from individual exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is 4.2 x 4.4 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0712g/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Cygnus Loop NGC 6960 Veil Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 20h 51m 28.1s
DEC = 30° 29’ 20.0”
Orientation
North is 0.8° CW
Field of View
3.7 x 3.8 degrees
Constellation
Cygnus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Oiii) -
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Sii) -
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) -
Red DSS (None) Optical (R) -
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ID
heic0712g
Subject Category
B.4.1.4  
Subject Name
Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula
Credits
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University) and Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
Release Date
2007-07-31T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0712g/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, DSS
Instrument
None, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Blue, Green, Red, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, Oiii, Sii, H-alpha, R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
312.866978641, 30.4888983986
Reference Dimension
13344.0, 13720.0
Reference Pixel
6672.0, 6860.0
Scale
-0.000279716132445, 0.000279716132445
Rotation
-0.76000000000000023
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
1.71497
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
heic0712g
Metadata Date
2007-07-30T14:06:35+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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