Location of Detail and ACS Exposures on Full Image

Credit:

NASA, NOAO, ESA and The Hubble Helix Nebula Team

About the Image

NASA caption
Id:heic0307d
Type:Collage
Release date:9 May 2003, 15:00
Related releases:heic0307
Size:750 x 750 px

About the Object

Name:Helix Nebula, Messier 57, NGC 7293
Type:• Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary
Distance:2500 light years

Colours & filters

BandWavelengthTelescope
Optical
Oiii
502 nm Hubble Space Telescope
ACS
Optical
Pseudogreen
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS
Optical
H-alpha
658 nm Hubble Space Telescope
ACS

Notes: Additional information was contributed to this image by the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.


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