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ACS mosaics

See the press release for color images which were created with the ACS/WFC F502N and F658N mosaics, for example this color composite. Click to enlarge these:

F502N mosaic: greyscale, inverted greyscale, or blackbody (shown above)
F658N mosaic: greyscale, inverted greyscale, or blackbody (shown above)

The following "road maps" intentionally highlight the relationship of the individual exposures, the nebula, the stars, the cosmic rays, etc:

F502N road map (also see labelled version)
F658N road map (also see blackbody version)

A knot complex on the inner south ring (at about 5 o'clock when north=noon), click for full scale, also available with greyscale:

NICMOS images

Magazine covers (September 2003)

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Related information

All HST press releases involving planetary nebulae
The 1996 WFPC2 Helix observations. In particular, see the WFPC2 field for reference. This WFPC2 data can be retrieved from MAST - search for data associated with observing program 5977 by Bob O'Dell. Related programs which also produced STIS and NICMOS data are 7286 and 9489.
General information on planetary nebulae by SEDS
Galactic planetary nebula image collections by Hajian & Terzian, and Balick

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