Hubble's Planetary Nebula Gallery. A View of IC 3568
IC 3568 lies in the constellation Camelopardalis at a distance of about 9, 000 light-years, and has a diameter of about 0.4 light-years (or about 800 times the diameter of our solar system). It is an example of a round planetary nebula. Note the bright inner shell and fainter, smooth, circular outer envelope.
Credit:
Howard Bond ( Space Telescope Science Institute), Robin Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State University) and NASA/ESA
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9738c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 17 December 1997, 06:00 |
| Size: | 485 x 479 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 12317+8250 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary • Nebulae Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 15000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
