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May 10, 2009 02:00 PM (EDT)

News Release Number: STScI-2009-21

Hubble Photographs a Planetary Nebula to Commemorate Decommissioning of Super Camera

Technical facts about this news release:

About the Object

Object Name:	PN K 4-55, Kohoutek 4-55, PN G084.2+01.0
Object Description:	Planetary Nebula
Position (J2000):	R.A. 20h 45m 10s.02 Dec. +44° 39' 14".58
Constellation:	Cygnus
Distance:	4,600 light-years (1.4 kiloparsecs)
Dimensions:	This image is roughly 61 arcseconds (1.5 light-years or 0.47 parsec) wide.

About the Data

Data Description:	The image was created from Hubble data from proposal 11956: K. Noll, Z. Levay, M. Mutchler, L. Frattare, M. Livio, W. Januszewski, C. Christian, F. Hamilton, and H. Bond (Hubble Heritage Team/STScI). R. Sahai and J. Trauger (JPL) consulted on the target.
Instrument:	WFPC2
Exposure Date(s):	May 4, 2009
Exposure Time:	2 hours
Filters:	F502N ([O III]), F656N (H-alpha), and F658N ([N II])

About the Image

Image Credit:

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/NASA)

Release Date:

May 10, 2009

Color:

The image is a composite of 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:

F658N ([N II])	red
F656N (H-alpha)	green
F502N ([O III])	blue

Orientation: