Hubble's Planetary Nebula Gallery. A View of NGC 5307

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esahubble_opo9738h December 17th, 1997

Credit: Howard Bond ( Space Telescope Science Institute), Robin Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State University) and NASA/ESA

NGC 5307 also lies in Centaurus but is about 10, 000 light-years away and has a diameter of approximately 0.6 light-year. It is an example of a planetary nebula with a pinwheel or spiral structure; each blob of gas ejected from the central star has a counterpart on the opposite side of the star.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738h/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 13478-5057 NGC 5307
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_opo9738h_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 51m 3.3s
DEC = -51° 12’ 21.0”
Orientation
North is 154.1° CW
Field of View
0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Esahubble_opo9738h_1280
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ID
opo9738h
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
IRAS 13478-5057, NGC 5307
Credits
Howard Bond ( Space Telescope Science Institute), Robin Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State University) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-12-17T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9738h/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V
Central Wavelength
814, 555
Start Time
Integration Time
260, 73
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
207.7638119, -51.2058439
Reference Dimension
563.0, 563.0
Reference Pixel
282.5, 282.5
Scale
1.26105471795e-05, 1.26832403706e-05
Rotation
-154.1
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
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
opo9738h
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:49:48+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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