A Cosmic Hamburger

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esahubble_opo0219a August 1st, 2002

Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Hold the pickles; hold the lettuce. Space is serving up giant hamburgers. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a photograph of a strange object that bears an uncanny resemblance to a hamburger. The object, nicknamed Gomez's Hamburger, is a sun-like star nearing the end of its life. It already has expelled large amounts of gas and dust and is on its way to becoming a colorful, glowing planetary nebula. The ingredients for the giant celestial hamburger are dust and light. The hamburger buns are light reflecting off dust and the patty is the dark band of dust in the middle.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0219a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Gomez Nebula Gomez's Hamburger IRAS 18059-3211
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 9m 13.5s
DEC = -32° 10’ 48.6”
Orientation
North is 50.7° CCW
Field of View
0.5 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 675.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo0219a
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
Gomez Nebula, Gomez's Hamburger, IRAS 18059-3211
Credits
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2002-08-01T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0219a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1438
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
675, 555, 450
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
272.3060871, -32.1801713
Reference Dimension
1800.0, 1830.0
Reference Pixel
901.0, 916.0
Scale
4.20223938395e-06, 4.18924341534e-06
Rotation
50.7
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
opo0219a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:21:31+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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