NASA's Chandra, Hubble Tune Into 'Flame-Throwing' Guitar Nebula

chandra_847 November 20th, 2024

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./M. de Vries et al.; Optical: (Hubble) NASA/ESA/STScI and (Palomar) Hale Telescope/Palomar/CalTech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/guitar/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Guitar Nebula

Distance

4,900 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 25m 52.4s; DEC = 65° 35’ 33.8”
Constellation: Cepheus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hale	X-ray	-
Hubble	Optical	-
Other	Optical	-

ID: 847
Subject Category
Subject Name: Guitar Nebula
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./M. de Vries et al.; Optical: (Hubble) NASA/ESA/STScI and (Palomar) Hale Telescope/Palomar/CalTech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

Release Date: 2024-11-20
Lightyears: 4,900
Redshift: 4,900
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/guitar/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Hale, Hubble, Other
Instrument
Color Assignment: Red, Blue, Blue

Band: X-ray, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time: 2000-10-21-1524, -, -
Integration Time: 53255, -, -
Dataset ID: 755, 6691, 7400, 13771, 14353, 14467, 24426, 24427, 24428, 24429, 24430, 24431, 24432, 24433, 24434, 24435, 24436, 24437, 24992, 26336
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 336.46816666666666, 65.59271944444444
Reference Dimension

Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Position
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
Email: cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu

Telephone: 617.496.7941
Address: 60 Garden St.
City: Cambridge
State/Province: MA

Postal Code: 02138
Country: USA
Rights: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

Publisher: Chandra X-ray Center
Publisher ID: chandra
Resource ID: guitar.tif

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/guitar/guitar.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-11-20T09:38:34-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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4,900 light years