The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293
noirlab_noao-02179 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
The Helix Nebula, NGC7293, in the constellation Aquarius, as seen by the Kitt Peak 4-meter Mayall telescope in 1973. NGC7293 is about a light-year across and, at a distance of about 500 light-years, it is the closest known planetary nebula. North is at the top.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02179/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-02179
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Helix Nebula, NGC 7293
- Credits
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:04
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02179/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 337.4694213, -20.89059549
- Reference Dimension
- 3000.0, 2400.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1299.614716, 825.5866394
- Scale
- -0.00019, 0.000188
- Rotation
- 2.800334591
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noao-02179
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-02179.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:36.309823
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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