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Compass and Scale Image for Horsehead Nebula
CreditsIllustration Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2013
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2013-12-3166-image
Credits
Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Horsehead Nebula, Barnard 33 |
| Object Description | Dark Nebula; Dimensions: 5.75 arcminutes (2.5 light-years or 0.8 parsecs) wide. |
| R.A. Position | 05h 40m 58.99s |
| Dec. Position | -2° 27' 29.88" |
| Constellation | Orion |
| Distance | 1,600 light-years (490 parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : Hubble Heritage Team: PI: Z. Levay, J. Mack, J. Sokol, T. Borders, M. Mutchler, W. Januszewski, M. Livio, C. Christian, and L. Frattare (STScI); and K. Noll (NASA/GSFC). |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/IR |
| Exposure Dates | October 22, 2012 - November 7, 2012 |
| Filters | F110W (YJ) and F160W (H) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3/IR instruments. Two filters were used to sample different infrared wavelength bands. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Cyan/blue: F110W (YJ) Red/orange: F160W (H) |
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