New infrared view of the Horsehead Nebula Hubbles 23rd anniversary image

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esahubble_heic1307a April 19th, 2013

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)

This new Hubble image, captured and released to celebrate the telescopes 23rd year in orbit, shows part of the sky in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter). Rising like a giant seahorse from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33. This image shows the region in infrared light, which has longer wavelengths than visible light and can pierce through the dusty material that usually obscures the nebulas inner regions. The result is a rather ethereal and fragile-looking structure, made of delicate folds of gas very different to the nebulas appearance in visible light.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1307a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Barnard 33 Horsehead Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Dark
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 41m 1.0s
DEC = -2° 27’ 11.9”
Orientation
North is 103.0° CCW
Field of View
5.8 x 6.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Cyan Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (J) 1.1 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Cyan
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ID
heic1307a
Subject Category
B.4.2.3  
Subject Name
Barnard 33, Horsehead Nebula
Credits
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
Release Date
2013-04-19T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1307a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
from paper
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Red, Cyan
Band
Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
H, J
Central Wavelength
1600, 1100
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
85.2541296679, -2.45331220032
Reference Dimension
2704.0, 2826.0
Reference Pixel
1352.0, 1413.0
Scale
-3.56475762814e-05, 3.56475762814e-05
Rotation
103.00000000000006
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
heic1307a
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:40:21.694680
Metadata Version
1.1
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