Hubble's planetary nebula gallery. A view of Hubble 5

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esahubble_opo9738f December 17th, 1997

Credit: Bruce Balick (University of Washington), Vincent Icke (Leiden University, The Netherlands), Garrelt Mellema (Stockholm University), and NASA/ESA

Hubble 5 is a striking example of a 'butterfly' or bipolar (two-lobed) nebula. The heat generated by fast winds causes each of the lobes to expand, much like a pair of balloons with internal heaters. This observation was taken Sept. 9, 1997 by the Hubble telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. Hubble 5 is 2, 200 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Hubble 5
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula
Esahubble_opo9738f_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 47m 56.2s
DEC = -29° 59’ 40.1”
Orientation
North is 45.4° CCW
Field of View
1.0 x 0.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (NII) 658.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H Alpha) 656.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (g) 502.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Green
Esahubble_opo9738f_1280
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ID
opo9738f
Subject Category
B.4  
Subject Name
Hubble 5
Credits
Bruce Balick (University of Washington), Vincent Icke (Leiden University, The Netherlands), Garrelt Mellema (Stockholm University), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-12-17T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Green
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
NII, H Alpha, g
Central Wavelength
658, 656, 502
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
266.984370618, -29.994465112
Reference Dimension
629.0, 535.0
Reference Pixel
314.5, 267.5
Scale
-2.75506408592e-05, 2.75506408592e-05
Rotation
45.380000000000017
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
opo9738f
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:49:46+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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