The 'Rotten Egg' Nebula - a planetary Nebula in the making
This black-and-white image was taken with one NICMOS infrared filter. That image is able to show more clearly the faint detail and structure in the nebula than can be achieved with the colour composites.
Credit:NASA, ESA, William B. Latter (SIRTF Science Center/California Institute of Technology), John H. Bieging (University of Arizona), Casey Meakin (University of Arizona), A.G.G.M. Tielens (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute), Aditya Dayal (IPAC/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Joseph L. Hora (Center for Astrophysics), and DouglasM. Kelly (University of Arizona)
About the Image
| Id: | heic9903b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 19 October 1999, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic9903 |
| Size: | 731 x 199 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Calabash Nebula, IRAS 07399-1435, Rotten Egg Nebula |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary |
| Distance: | 4500 light years |
| Constellation: | Puppis |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 7 42 16.84 |
| Position (Dec): | -14° 42' 51.01" |
| Field of view: | 0.92 x 0.25 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 116.0° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Infrared K | 2.05 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |