Double Helix Nebula
spitzer_sig06-004 March 15th, 2005
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Morris (UCLA)
The double helix nebula. The spots are infrared-luminous stars, mostly red giants and red supergiants. Many other stars are present in this region, but are too dim to appear even in this sensitive infrared image.
The double helix nebula is approximately 300 light-years from the enormous black hole at the center of the Milky Way. (The Earth is more than 25,000 light-years from the black hole at the galactic center.)
This image was taken by the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS).
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2305-sig06-004-Double-Helix-Nebula
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
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Image Details
Distance
Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- sig06-004
- Subject Category
- B.4. B.3.1.4. B.3.1.5.
- Subject Name
- Double Helix Nebula
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Morris (UCLA)
- Release Date
- 2005-03-15
- Lightyears
- 25,000
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2305-sig06-004-Double-Helix-Nebula
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Spitzer
- Instrument
- MIPS
- Color Assignment
- Pseudocolor
- Band
- Infrared
- Bandpass
- Mid-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 24000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 265.7037714, -28.5284202
- Reference Dimension
- 829.0, 1000.0
- Reference Pixel
- 415.5, 501.0
- Scale
- 0.000234653, 0.000234653
- Rotation
- -88.4
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System data retrieved using STScI's WCS Tool
- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
- Name
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- Telephone
- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
- Publisher
- Spitzer Science Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- sig06-004.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0001/4002/sig06-004.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-10-11
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
