Bubbles around the dying star OH231.8+4.2

Eso_eso8703a_1024

eso_eso8703a February 26th, 1987

Credit: ESO

Bubbles around the dying star OH231.8+4.2. This red CCD-image (left) of the peculiar object OH231.8+4.2 shows for the first time a star during the rapid transition from a red giant to a white dwarf (cf. ESO Press Release eso8703). A schematic interpretation of the picture is shown at the right. The star is embedded in a dense dust disk and material is ejected into two `bubbles'. Shocked regions indicate where high-speed stellar material collides with interstellar gas and dust. The dark points are stars in the Milky Way which have no connection with this object. The scale is indicated; North is up and East to the left. (ESO Press Release eso8703; BW)

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8703a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
OH231.8+4.2 Rotten Egg Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale ESO-Danish-1.54m (None) Optical (R) -
Eso_eso8703a_1280
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ID
eso8703a
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
OH231.8+4.2, Rotten Egg Nebula
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1987-02-26T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8703a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Danish 1.54-metre telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1734.0, 1188.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Zeutschel Omniscan 11
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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso8703a
Metadata Date
2009-12-10T20:30:04+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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