Investigating the Origins of the Crab Nebula With NASA’s Webb
stsci_2024-120a June 17th, 2024
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Tea Temim (Princeton); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
This image by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) shows different structural details of the Crab Nebula. The supernova remnant is comprised of several different components, including doubly ionized sulfur (represented in green), warm dust (magenta), and synchrotron emission (blue). Yellow-white mottled filaments within the Crab’s interior represent areas where dust and doubly ionized sulfur coincide. The observations were taken as part of General Observer program 1714. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Tea Temim (Princeton University).
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-120
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 2024-120a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.4
- Subject Name
- Crab Nebula
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, CSA, Tea Temim (Princeton); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2024-06-17
- Lightyears
- 6,500
- Redshift
- 6,500
- Reference Url
- https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-120
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- distance in lightyears
- Facility
- Webb, Webb, Webb
- Instrument
- NIRCam, MIRI, MIRI
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 4800, 18000, 21000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 83.63598637912, 22.01663423051
- Reference Dimension
- 2958.00, 2569.00
- Reference Pixel
- 1469.45321515063, 1290.55910399235
- Scale
- -0.00003082015, 0.00003082015
- Rotation
- -1.89870387085
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://stsci.edu
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://stsci.edu/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-J-p24120a-f-2958x2569.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2024-120/STSCI-J-p24120a-f-2958x2569.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-06-11T14:56:17-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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