Nova Cygni 1992

Esahubble_opo9406c_1024

esahubble_opo9406c January 13th, 1994

Credit: F. Paresce, R. Jedrzejewski (STScI) NASA/ESA

This new HST image reveals an elliptical and slightly lumpy ring-like structure. The ring is the edge of a bubble of hot gas blasted into space by the nova. The shell is so thin that the FOC does not resolve its true thickness, even with HST's restored vision.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9406c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Nova Cygni 1992
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Variable > Nova

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (FOC) -
Esahubble_opo9406c_1280
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ID
opo9406c
Subject Category
B.3.2.1.5  
Subject Name
Nova Cygni 1992
Credits
F. Paresce, R. Jedrzejewski (STScI) NASA/ESA
Release Date
1994-01-13T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9406c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ApJ...631.1094H
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
FOC
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
513.0, 513.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo9406c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:40:36+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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