The 'Rotten Egg' nebula - a planetary nebula in the making

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esahubble_heic9903c October 19th, 1999

Credit: NASA, ESA, William B. Latter (SIRTF Science Center/California Institute of Technology), John H. Bieging (University of Arizona), Casey Meakin (University of Arizona), A.G.G.M. Tielens (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute), Aditya Dayal (IPAC/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Joseph L. Hora (Center for Astrophysics), and DouglasM. Kelly (University of Arizona)

This is a composite of four images taken with different NICMOS infrared filters on March 28, 1998. It shows that the physical properties of the material, both composition and temperature, vary significantly throughout the outflowing material.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic9903c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 07399-1435 Rotten Egg Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 7h 42m 16.8s
DEC = -14° 42’ 52.3”
Orientation
North is 116.2° CW
Field of View
0.7 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Puppis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) -
Green Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (Pa-alpha) -
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (K) -
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ID
heic9903c
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
IRAS 07399-1435, Rotten Egg Nebula
Credits
NASA, ESA, William B. Latter (SIRTF Science Center/California Institute of Technology), John H. Bieging (University of Arizona), Casey Meakin (University of Arizona), A.G.G.M. Tielens (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute), Aditya Dayal (IPAC/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Joseph L. Hora (Center for Astrophysics), and DouglasM. Kelly (University of Arizona)
Release Date
1999-10-19T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic9903c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/136/1/118/fulltext
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
NICMOS, NICMOS, NICMOS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
H, Pa-alpha, K
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
115.570099218, -14.714518335
Reference Dimension
528.0, 144.0
Reference Pixel
264.0, 72.0
Scale
-2.08990702184e-05, 2.08990702184e-05
Rotation
-116.18000000000002
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
heic9903c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:14:40+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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