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Description	English: The Helix Nebula: a Gaseous Envelope Expelled By a Dying Star About the Object Object Name: Helix Nebula, NGC 7293 or "The Eye of God" Object Description: Planetary Nebula Position (J2000): R.A. 22h 29m 48.20s Dec. -20° 49' 26.0" Constellation: Aquarius Distance: About 690 light-years (213 parsecs) Dimensions: The image is roughly 28.7 arcminutes (5.6 light-years or 1.7 parsecs) across. About the Data Instruments: ACS/WFC on Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Mosaic II Camera on CTIO 4m telescope Exposure Time: 4.5 hours (HST) and 10 minutes (CTIO) Filters: F502N ([O III]) and F658N (Ha) (for the HST); c6009 (H alpha)and kc6014 ([O III]) for the CTIO Image properties Centered on white dwarfed and cropped Downsampled to 3200x3200 Saved as jpg, quality 8/10, 5 scans Stitching errors manually fixed Français : La Nébuleuse de l'hélice: Une enveloppe gazeuse éjectée par une étoile moribonde. l'Objet Nom: Nébuleuse de l'hélice, NGC 7293 Description: Nébuleuse planétaire Position (J2000): R.A. 22h 29m 48,20s Dec. -20° 49' 26,0" Constellation: Poissons Distance: 690 années lumières (213 parsecs) environ. Dimensions: L'image fait 28.7 minutes d'arc de largeur, soit environ 5,6 années lumière (1,7 parsec). Acquisition des données Instruments: ACS/WFC sur le Télescope Spatial Hubble (HST), Caméra Mosaic II sur le télescope de 4m du CTIO. Exposition: 4h 30 (HST) 10 minutes (CTIO) Filtres: HST: F502N ([O III]), F658N (Ha); CTIO: c6009 (H alpha), kc6014 ([O III]). L'image Centré sur la naine blanche et recoupé Réduite à 3200x3200 px Compressée jpg, qualité 8/10, 5 scans bordures ajustées manuellement Español: La nebulosa de la hélice: Un sobre gaseoso expedido por una estrella muerta Acerca del objeto Nombre del objeto: Nebulosa de la hélice, NGC 7293 o "El ojo de Dios" Descripción del objeto: Nebulosa planetaria Pasición (J2000): R.A. 22h 29m 48.20s Dec. -20° 49' 26.0" Constelación: Acuario Distancia: Cerca de 690 años luz(213 parsecs) Dimensiones: La imagen es de cerca de 28.7 minutos de largo de arco (5.6 años luz o 1.7 parsecs). Acerca de los datos Instrumentos: ACS/WFC en el Telescopio Espacial Hubble (HST por sus siglas en inglés), Cámara Mosaic II en el telescopio de 4m de CTIO Tiempo de exposición: 4.5 horas (HST) ,10 minutos (CTIO) Filtros : F502N ([O III]) y F658N (Ha) (para el HST); c6009 (H alfa)y kc6014 ([O III]) para el CTIO Propiedades de la imagen Centrada en la enana blanca Reducida ato 3200x3200 Guardado como jpg, calidad 8/10, 5 scans Errores de borde corregidos manualmente
Date	Exposure: HST: november 19, 2002, CTIO: September 17/18, 2003. Release:December 16, 2004.
Source	Image, complementary information
Author	The HST data are from proposal 9700. Processed images may be obtained from the Helix MAST web site. The Hubble Helix Team includes M. Meixner, H.E. Bond, G. Chapman (STScI), Y.-H. Chu (U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), P. Cox (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France), W. Crothers, L.M. Frattare, R.Gilliland (STScI), M. Guerrero R. Gruendl (U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), F. Hamilton, (STScI), R.Hook (STScI/ESO), P. Huggins (New York Univ.), I. Jordan, C.D. Keyes, A. Koekemoer (STScI), K.Kwitter (Williams College), Z.G. Levay, P.R. McCullough, M. Mutchler, K. Noll (STScI), C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University), N. Panagia, M. Reinhart, M. Robberto, K. Sahu, D. Soderblom, L. Stanghellini, C. Tyler, J. Valenti, A. Welty, R. Williams (STScI). The CTIO data were taken by C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University) and L.M. Frattare (STScI). The science team includes C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University), P.R. McCullough and M. Meixner (STScI). Credit: NASA, ESA, and C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University) News Release Number: STScI-2004-32

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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 19 May 2007. It was captioned as follows:

English: Helix Nebula, NGC 7293

Беларуская: Планетарная туманнасць Слімак (NGC 7293)

Česky: Planetární mlhovina Helix

Deutsch: Helixnebel, NGC 7293

English: Helix Nebula, NGC 7293

Esperanto: La planeduma nebulozo Helico ( NGC 7293).

Español: Nebulosa Helix, NGC 7293.

Français : La nébuleuse de l'Hélice ( NGC 7293).

Magyar: A Csiga-köd

Italiano: La nebulosa Elica (NGC 7293)

日本語: らせん状星雲 (NGC 7293)

Nederlands: Helixnevel (NGC 7293)

Polski: Mgławica Helix (NGC 7293)

Português: Imagem da Nebulosa de Helix (NGC 7293)

Română: Nebuloasa Helix, NGC 7293

Русский: Туманность Улитка

Slovenčina: Planetárna hmlovina Slimák (NGC 7293)

Slovenščina: Meglica Helix, NGC 7293

Svenska: Helixnebulosan, NGC 7293

Türkçe: 650 ışık yılı uzaktaki bir gezegenimsi bulutsu: Helix Bulutsusu (NGC 7293)

中文（简体）‎: 螺旋星云（NGC 7293）

中文（繁體）‎: 螺旋星雲（NGC 7293）

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