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DSS-I

CreditsNASA, the DSS-II and GSC-II Consortia (with images from the 'Palomar Observatory-STScI Digital Sky Survey of the northern sky, based on scans of the Second Palomar Sky Survey are copyright © 1993-1999 by the California Institute of Technology)

Date
Jan 1, 2001
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2001-18-1071-image
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Credits

NASA, the DSS-II and GSC-II Consortia (with images from the 'Palomar Observatory-STScI Digital Sky Survey of the northern sky, based on scans of the Second Palomar Sky Survey are copyright © 1993-1999 by the California Institute of Technology)

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameRosette Nebula; NGC 2237
Object DescriptionEmission nebula
R.A. Position06h 31m 40.0s
Dec. Position04° 57' 47.99"
ConstellationMonoceros
Distance920 pc (5500 light-years)
DimensionsThis image is 30 arcminutes square. The entire nebula is roughly 130 light-years across.
About The Data
InstrumentGlass photographic plates taken at the Schmidt telescope at the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory; scanned for the Digitized Sky Survey Projects.
Exposure DatesMarch 29, 1998, Exposure Time: 50 minutes (DSS-II red), January 18, 1997, Exposure Time: 30 minutes (DSS-II blue)
FiltersIIIaF emulsion + RG610 (red), and IIaJ emulsion + GG395 (blue)
About The Image
Color InfoBlue (DSS-II): IIaJ emulsion + GG395 Red (DSS-II): IIIaF emulsion + RG610

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