A cosmic bubble: NGC 3132
eso_ngc3132-cc December 3rd, 2009
Credit: ESO
NGC 3132, also referred to as the Eight-Burst or the Southern Ring Nebula, glows at a distance of about 2,000 light years in the constellation Vela, making it one of the nearest so-called planetary nebulae. These phenomena are the result of the shedding of the outer gaseous layers of a star toward the end of its life cycle. The remaining stellar core's radiation causes the spherical shell of expelled gas to glow. The term "planetary nebula" derives from the round shape these objects have when viewed through small telescopes, making them appear similar to planets in the Solar System.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc3132-cc/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- ngc3132-cc
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.3
- Subject Name
- NGC 3132
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2009-12-03T23:18:28
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc3132-cc/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 151.754138341, -40.4401951758
- Reference Dimension
- 1280.0, 968.0
- Reference Pixel
- 649.0, 481.0
- Scale
- -8.26682198913e-05, 8.26682198913e-05
- Rotation
- -1.57004708131
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- ngc3132-cc
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/ngc3132-cc.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-07-07T11:39:09+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
