Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Veil Nebula |
| Object Description: |
Supernova Remnant |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 20h 50m
Dec. +30° 30' |
| Constellation: |
Cygnus |
| Distance: |
Approximately 1,500 light-years (460 pc) away. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposals 5774 and 5779: J. Hester (Arizona State Universitry) and J. Westphal (Caltech). |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
November 1994, August 1997 |
| Filters: |
F502N ([O III]), F656N (Halpha), and F673N ([S II]) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration |
| Release Date: |
August 2, 2007 |
| Color: |
This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the WFPC2 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Three filters were used to sample narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
| F502N ([O III]) |
blue |
| F656N (Halpha) |
green |
| F673N ([S II]) |
red |
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| Orientation: |
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