NGC 1514 (MIRI Image)

stsci_2025-118a April 2nd, 2025

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. Ressler(JPL), A. Pagan (STScI)

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken the most detailed image of planetary nebula NGC 1514 to date thanks to its unique mid-infrared observations. Webb shows its rings as intricate clumps of dust. It’s also easier to see holes punched through the bright pink central region.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-118

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 1514 • Crystal Ball Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Distance

2,300 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 9m 8.2s; DEC = 30° 46’ 0.7”
Orientation: North is 8.1° CCW
Field of View: 4.3 x 4.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Taurus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Webb (MIRI)	Infrared	7.0 µm
Webb (MIRI)	Infrared	12.8 µm
Webb (MIRI)	Infrared	25.5 µm

ID: 2025-118a
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: NGC 1514, Crystal Ball Nebula
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. Ressler(JPL), A. Pagan (STScI)

Release Date: 2025-04-02T11:00:00
Lightyears: 2,300
Redshift: 2,300
Reference Url: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-118

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in lightyears

Facility: Webb, Webb, Webb
Instrument: MIRI, MIRI, MIRI
Color Assignment: Blue, Yellow, Red

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Central Wavelength: 7000, 12800, 25500

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 62.28407419031, 30.76685266905
Reference Dimension: 2315.00, 2278.00

Reference Pixel: 2209.96204720345, 1019.83317046629
Scale: -0.00003081099, 0.00003081099
Rotation: 8.05126502527
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 FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 857.30 87.19 1748.71 970.76 796.48 348.85 2017.82 999.38 429.68 514.90 2224.69 1342.55 946.34 599.65 2248.15 819.40 Center Pixel Coordinates: 1157.50 62.32074346212 1139.00 30.77523217229

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Resource ID: STSCI-J-p25118a-f-2315x2278.tif

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Metadata Date: 2025-04-23T16:21:13-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

2,300 light years