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Flaring Disk in Mystery Object He 2-90

Stsci_2000-24c_1024

stsci_2000-24c August 31st, 2000

Credit: NASA and ESA

A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of He2-90.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2000/news-2000-24

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: He2-90 • PK305+01D1
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary; Nebula > Type > Jet; Star > Grouping > Binary

Distance

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8,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 9m 36.0s; DEC = -61° 19’ 31.6”
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm

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ID: 2000-24c
Subject Category: B.4.1.3 B.4.1.5 B.3.6.1
Subject Name: He2-90, PK305+01D1
Credits: NASA and ESA

Release Date: 2000-08-31T00:00:00
Lightyears: 8,000
Redshift: 8,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2000/news-2000-24

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in Lightyears

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
Bandpass: H-alpha
Central Wavelength: 656

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 197.40011311444, -61.32543643139
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Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): STScI
URL: http://hubblesite.org
Name: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email: outreach@stsci.edu

Telephone: 410-338-4444
Address: 3700 San Martin Drive
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: USA
Rights: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0024c-f-404x100.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0024c-f-404x100.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2000/24

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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