Hubble - The Ghostbuster
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has caught a glimpse of a colorful cosmic ghost, the glowing remains of a dying star called NGC 6369. The glowing apparition is known to amateur astronomers as the 'Little Ghost Nebula, ' because it appears as a small, ghostly cloud surrounding the faint, dying central star.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0225a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 November 2002, 06:00 |
| Size: | 1450 x 1450 px |
About the Object
| Distance: | 3500 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
439 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical OIII |
502 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical H-alpha |
656 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical NII |
658 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
