Cosmic Silver Lining

Esahubble_potw2119a_1024

esahubble_potw2119a May 10th, 2021

Credit: ESA/Hubble, R. Sahai

This Picture of the Week showcases the emission nebula NGC 2313. The bright star V565 surrounded by four prominent diffraction spikes illuminates a silvery, fan-shaped veil of gas and dust, while the right half of this image is obscured by a dense cloud of dust. Nebulae with similar shapes a star accompanied by a bright fan of gas were once referred to as cometary nebulae, though the name is no longer used. The language that astronomers use changes as we become better acquainted with the Universe, and astronomical history is littered with now-obsolete phrases to describe objects in the night sky, such as spiral nebulae for spiral galaxies or inferior planets for Mercury and Venus.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/potw2119a/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 2313
Esahubble_potw2119a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 6h 58m 3.0s
DEC = -7° 56’ 47.5”
Orientation
North is 50.1° CCW
Field of View
1.6 x 1.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Monoceros

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Blue
Esahubble_potw2119a_1280
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ID
potw2119a
Subject Category
Subject Name
NGC 2313
Credits
ESA/Hubble, R. Sahai
Release Date
2021-05-10T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/potw2119a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Orange, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V
Central Wavelength
814, 606
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
104.51250587488396, -7.946538006329029
Reference Dimension
1904.0, 1790.0
Reference Pixel
952.0, 895.0
Scale
-1.3895274957186446e-05, 1.3895274957186446e-05
Rotation
50.060000000000024
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
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
potw2119a
Resource URL
http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/potw2119a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2021-02-09T22:40:23+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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