Hubble snaps NGC 5189

esahubble_heic1220a December 18th, 2012

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

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the holiday season with a striking image of the planetary nebula NGC 5189. The intricate structure of the stellar eruption looks like a giant and brightly coloured ribbon in space.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1220a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 5189
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 33m 32.8s; DEC = -65° 58’ 26.4”
Orientation: North is 43.7° CCW
Field of View: 2.6 x 2.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Musca

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical ([SII])	673.0 nm
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (H-alpha)	657.0 nm
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical ([OIII])	502.0 nm

ID: heic1220a
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: NGC 5189
Credits: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Release Date: 2012-12-18T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1220a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment: Yellow, Blue, Green, Orange, Cyan

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, V, [SII], H-alpha, [OIII]
Central Wavelength: 814, 606, 673, 657, 502

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 203.386617618, -65.9739958368
Reference Dimension: 3964.0, 4224.0

Reference Pixel: 1986.53094326, 2134.46091271
Scale: -1.100285e-05, 1.100285e-05
Rotation: 43.71732666484
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1220a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1220a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2019-10-07T11:40:25.333709
Metadata Version: 1.1

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