NICMOS Peers Into Heart of Dying Star
The Egg Nebula, also known as CRL 2688, is shown as it appears in infrared light with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS).
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | CRL 2688, Egg Nebula |
Type: | Milky Way : Nebula |
Distance: | 1400 light years |
Constellation: | Cygnus |
Category: | Nebulae |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 21 2 18.69 |
Position (Dec): | 36° 41' 37.48" |
Field of view: | 0.29 x 0.32 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 56.5° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Infrared Near-IR |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |