The 'Rotten Egg' nebula - a planetary nebula in the making
This is a composite of four images taken with different NICMOS infrared filters on March 28, 1998. It shows that the physical properties of the material, both composition and temperature, vary significantly throughout the outflowing material.
Credit:NASA, ESA, William B. Latter (SIRTF Science Center/California Institute of Technology), John H. Bieging (University of Arizona), Casey Meakin (University of Arizona), A.G.G.M. Tielens (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute), Aditya Dayal (IPAC/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Joseph L. Hora (Center for Astrophysics), and DouglasM. Kelly (University of Arizona)
About the Image
| Id: | heic9903d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 19 October 1999, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic9903 |
| Size: | 860 x 231 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Calabash Nebula, Rotten Egg Nebula |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary |
| Distance: | 4500 light years |
| Constellation: | Puppis |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 7 42 16.85 |
| Position (Dec): | -14° 42' 48.59" |
| Field of view: | 1.08 x 0.29 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 116.1° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Infrared H | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |
| Infrared Pa-alpha |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS | |
| Infrared K | 2.05 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |