Wide-field image of NGC 6302 (ground-based image)

Esahubble_heic2011d_1024

esahubble_heic2011d June 18th, 2020

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the planetary nebula NGC 6302 and its surroundings.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2011d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 6302
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_heic2011d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 13m 43.9s
DEC = -37° 6’ 15.8”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
4.2 x 2.0 degrees
Constellation
Scorpius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) 479.0 nm
Green DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (I) 825.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
heic2011d
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
NGC 6302
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2020-06-18T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/heic2011d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, R, I
Central Wavelength
479, 649, 825
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
258.432710644, -37.1043885923
Reference Dimension
15013.0, 7136.0
Reference Pixel
7506.5, 3568.0
Scale
-0.000280543463831, 0.000280543463831
Rotation
-0.08
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
United States
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic2011d
Metadata Date
2020-06-11T10:56:58+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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