Helix Nebula with Annotated Features
Credit:
NASA, ESA, C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University), and M. Meixner, P. McCullough, and G. Bacon ( Space Telescope Science Institute)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0432e |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 16 December 2004, 16:00 |
| Size: | 2400 x 2062 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Helix Nebula, IRAS 22267-2102, NGC 7293 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary • Nebulae Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 700 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical OIII |
502 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical H-alpha |
658 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
Notes: Additional data captured by the Mosaic II Camera on the 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO).
