Stingray Nebula and SAO 244567

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esahubble_heic1618a September 13th, 2016

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

This image of the Stingray nebula, a planetary nebula 2700 light-years from Earth, was taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) in 1998. In the centre of the nebula the fast evolving star SAO 244567 is located. Observations made within the last 45 years showed that the surface temperature of the star increased by almost 40 000 degree Celsius. Now new observations of the spectra of the star have revealed that SAO 244567 has started to cool again.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1618a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SAO 244567 • Stingray Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Star
Nebula > Type > Planetary
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 16m 21.1s
DEC = -59° 29’ 23.3”
Orientation
North is 47.3° CW
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Ara

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical 673.0 nm
Orange Hubble (WFPC2) Optical 658.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (WFPC2) Optical 656.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (WFPC2) Optical 631.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (WFPC2) Optical 588.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (WFPC2) Optical 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical 502.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical 487.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Yellow
Yellow
Cyan
Cyan
Blue
Blue
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ID
heic1618a
Subject Category
B.3   B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
SAO 244567, Stingray Nebula
Credits
ESA/Hubble & NASA
Release Date
2016-09-13T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1618a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Yellow, Yellow, Cyan, Cyan, Blue, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
673, 658, 656, 631, 588, 555, 502, 487
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
259.08777681, -59.4897986259
Reference Dimension
906.0, 906.0
Reference Pixel
453.0, 453.0
Scale
-2.29263453085e-06, 2.29263453085e-06
Rotation
-47.319999999999958
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1618a
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1618a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2016-09-08T16:54:52+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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