NGC 3242

Esahubble_opo9738c3_1024

esahubble_opo9738c3 December 17th, 1997

Credit: Bruce Balick and Jason Alexander (University of Washington), Arsen Hajian (U.S. Naval Observatory), Yervant Terzian (Cornell University ), , Mario Perinotto (University of Florence), Patrizio Patriarchi (Arcetri Observatory) and NASA/ESA

This image is a part of the Hubble Gallery of Planetary Nebulae.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738c3/

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 10223-1823 NGC 3242
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_opo9738c3_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 24m 46.0s
DEC = -18° 38’ 33.9”
Orientation
North is 26.7° CW
Field of View
0.6 x 0.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (S II) 673.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (N II) 658.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (O I) 631.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo9738c3_1280
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ID
opo9738c3
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
IRAS 10223-1823, NGC 3242
Credits
Bruce Balick and Jason Alexander (University of Washington), Arsen Hajian (U.S. Naval Observatory), Yervant Terzian (Cornell University ), , Mario Perinotto (University of Florence), Patrizio Patriarchi (Arcetri Observatory) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-12-17T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738c3/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/142/3/91/aj_142_3_91.text.html
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
S II, N II, O I
Central Wavelength
673, 658, 631
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
156.191535239, -18.6427589804
Reference Dimension
737.0, 737.0
Reference Pixel
368.5, 368.5
Scale
-1.25448105441e-05, 1.25448105441e-05
Rotation
-26.72000000000002
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
opo9738c3
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:40:58.893290
Metadata Version
1.1
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