Wide-Field View of the Stingray Nebula

esahubble_heic2020d December 3rd, 2020

Credit: ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Pictured here is the region surrounding the Stingray Nebula. Archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revealed that the nebula has faded precipitously over just the past two decades. Witnessing such a swift rate of change in a planetary nebula is exceedingly rare, say researchers.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2020d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

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

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 16m 30.1s; DEC = -59° 30’ 36.4”
Orientation: North is 1.4° CCW
Field of View: 3.8 x 3.4 degrees
Constellation: Ara

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (I)	825.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	658.0 nm

ID: heic2020d
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: Stingray Nebula
Credits: ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2020-12-03T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2020d/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Orange, Cyan

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R
Central Wavelength: 825, 658

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 259.125543829, -59.5101075227
Reference Dimension: 13745.0, 12040.0

Reference Pixel: 6872.5, 6020.0
Scale: -0.000279930584215, 0.000279930584215
Rotation: 1.4400000000000004
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: https://esahubble.org
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Email

Telephone
Address: ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: United States
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic2020d

Resource URL: http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic2020d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-10-13T19:25:23+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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