Wide-field image of the Ring Nebula (ground-based image)

Esahubble_heic1310d_1024

esahubble_heic1310d May 23rd, 2013

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the Ring Nebula (Messier 57) and its surroundings.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1310d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M 57 Messier 57 NGC 6720 Ring Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 53m 35.2s
DEC = 33° 7’ 29.0”
Orientation
North is 0.5° CW
Field of View
3.0 x 2.3 degrees
Constellation
Lyra

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS (None) Infrared (I) -
Orange DSS (None) Optical (R) -
Green DSS (None) Optical (B+R) -
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
heic1310d
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
M 57, Messier 57, NGC 6720, Ring Nebula
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2013-05-23T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1310d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, DSS, DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B+R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
283.3966574, 33.1247176093
Reference Dimension
10693.0, 8226.0
Reference Pixel
5346.0, 4113.0
Scale
-0.000280351605022, 0.000280351605022
Rotation
-0.45999999999999874
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
heic1310d
Metadata Date
2012-11-19T10:09:44+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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