Hubble - The Ghostbuster

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esahubble_opo0225a November 7th, 2002

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

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has caught a glimpse of a colorful cosmic ghost, the glowing remains of a dying star called NGC 6369. The glowing apparition is known to amateur astronomers as the 'Little Ghost Nebula', because it appears as a small, ghostly cloud surrounding the faint, dying central star.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0225a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 6369
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_opo0225a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 29m 20.8s
DEC = -23° 45’ 35.7”
Orientation
North is 42.2° CCW
Field of View
1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Ophiuchus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (NII) 658.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (OIII) 502.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo0225a_1280
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ID
opo0225a
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
NGC 6369
Credits
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2002-11-07T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0225a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/609/1/194/59319.text.html
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, NII, H-alpha, V, OIII, B
Central Wavelength
814, 658, 656, 555, 502, 439
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
262.336506774, -23.7599054734
Reference Dimension
1450.0, 1450.0
Reference Pixel
726.0, 726.0
Scale
-1.38503381277e-05, 1.38503381277e-05
Rotation
42.219999999999978
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
opo0225a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:21:54+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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