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).
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9711c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 12 May 1997, 17:00 |
| Size: | 229 x 250 px |
About the Object
| Name: | CRL 2688, Egg Nebula |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula • Nebulae Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Infrared Near-IR |
Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
