Hen 2-90

Esahubble_opo0024b_1024

esahubble_opo0024b August 31st, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA, Raghvendra Sahai (NASA/ESA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Lars-Ake Nyman (European Southern Observatory, Chile & Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden).

This Hubble picture shows a centrally bright object with jets, appearing like strings of beads, emanating from both sides of center. (The other streaks of light running diagonally from He2-90 are artificial effects of the telescope's optical system.) Each jet possesses at least six bright clumps of gas, which are speeding along at rates estimated to be at least 375, 000 miles an hour (600, 000 kilometers an hour).

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0024b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Hen 2-90
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Nebula > Type > Jet

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Esahubble_opo0024b_1280
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ID
opo0024b
Subject Category
B.4.1.3   B.4.1.5  
Subject Name
Hen 2-90
Credits
NASA/ESA, Raghvendra Sahai (NASA/ESA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Lars-Ake Nyman (European Southern Observatory, Chile & Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden).
Release Date
2000-08-31T07:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0024b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aa/full/2005/37/aa0013-04/aa0013-04.html
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha
Central Wavelength
656
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1350.0, 368.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo0024b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:16:32+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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