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Boomerang Nebula

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Credit: Bill Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); NASA/Hubble; Raghvendra Sahai

The Boomerang Nebula reveals its true shape with ALMA. The background purple structure, as seen in visible light (HST), shows a classic double-lobe shape with a very narrow central region. ALMAs ability to see the cold molecular gas reveals the nebulas more elongated shape, in orange.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/boomerange-nebula/

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Boomerang Nebula • Bow Tie Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Distance

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5,000 light years

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Position Details

Position (FK5): RA = 12h 44m 46.0s; DEC = -54° 31’ 10.0”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CW
Field of View: 0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
	ALMA (None)	Millimeter (ALMA Band 6 CO 2-1)	1.3 mm

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Purple

Orange

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ID: NRAO_Gallery006
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: Boomerang Nebula, Bow Tie Nebula
Credits: Bill Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); NASA/Hubble; Raghvendra Sahai

Release Date
Lightyears: 5,000
Redshift: 5,000
Reference Url: https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/boomerange-nebula/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: HST, ALMA
Instrument: ACS, None
Color Assignment: Purple, Orange

Band: Optical, Millimeter
Bandpass: V, ALMA Band 6 CO 2-1
Central Wavelength: 606, 1.3E+06

Start Time: 2005-03-25
Integration Time: 160
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: FK5
Equinox: 2000
Reference Value: 191.19158567211, -54.51943260882
Reference Dimension: 1762, 1762

Reference Pixel: 937.64342710304, 881.33092096084
Scale: -0.00000347338, 0.00000347338
Rotation: -0.12494582551
Coordinate System Projection:: SIN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center

Creator (Curator): NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL: https://public.nrao.edu
Name: NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email: outreach@nrao.edu

Telephone
Address: 520 Edgemont Road
City: Charlottesville
State/Province: Virginia

Postal Code: 22903
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Publisher: NRAO/AUI/NSF
Publisher ID: nrao
Resource ID

Resource URL: https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Boomerang_ALMAHST.jpg
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Metadata Date: 2018-04-12T19:14:48+00:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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