The Spirograph Nebula

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esahubble_opo0028a September 7th, 2000

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

Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC 418 lies about 2000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lepus. In this picture, the Hubble telescope reveals some remarkable textures weaving through the nebula. Their origin, however, is still uncertain.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0028a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IC 418 IRAS 05251-1244 Spirograph Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_opo0028a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 27m 28.3s
DEC = -12° 41’ 50.2”
Orientation
North is 42.8° CCW
Field of View
0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Lepus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Nii) 658.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Oiii) 502.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo0028a
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
IC 418, IRAS 05251-1244, Spirograph Nebula
Credits
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2000-09-07T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0028a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/138/1/46/pdf/1538-3881_138_1_46.pdf
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Nii, H-alpha, Oiii
Central Wavelength
658, 656, 502
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
81.8677540397, -12.6972869264
Reference Dimension
465.0, 495.0
Reference Pixel
232.5, 247.5
Scale
-1.26976545234e-05, 1.26976545234e-05
Rotation
42.800000000000004
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
opo0028a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:16:45+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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