NICMOS Peers Into Heart of Dying Star
The Egg Nebula, also known as CRL 2688, is shown as it appears in visible light with the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2(WFPC2).
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About the Object
Name: | Egg Nebula |
Type: | Milky Way : Nebula |
Distance: | 1400 light years |
Constellation: | Cygnus |
Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 21 2 18.69 |
Position (Dec): | 36° 41' 37.90" |
Field of view: | 0.66 x 0.66 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 56.2° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Optical R |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |