Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Crab Nebula (NGC 1952) |
| Object Description: |
Supernova Remnant |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 05h 34m 32s
Dec. 22° 00' 52" |
| Constellation: |
Taurus |
| Distance: |
The distance to NGC 1952 is 6500 light-years (2.0 kpc). |
| Dimensions: |
The image is 6 arcminutes along the bottom (12 light-years or 3.7 pc). |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal 8222: J. Hester
and A. Loll (Arizona State University), W. Blair and R. Sankrit (Johns
Hopkins University), and P.Scowen (Arizona State University). D. de
Martin (www.skyfactory.org, Venice, Italy) also helped in the creation
of this image. |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
October 1999, January 2000, and December 2000 |
| Filters: |
F502N ([O III]), F631N ([O I]), F673N ([S II]) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA and J. Hester (Arizona State University) |
| Release Date: |
December 1, 2005 |
| Orientation: |
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