The Youngest Known Planetary Nebula

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esahubble_opo9815a April 1st, 1998

Credit: Matt Bobrowsky, Orbital Sciences Corporation and NASA/ESA

This Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2image captures the infancy of the Stingray nebula (Hen-1357), the youngest known planetary nebula. In this image, the bright central star is in the middle of the green ring of gas. Its companion star is diagonally above it at 10 o'clock. A spur of gas (green) is forming a faint bridge to the companion star due to gravitational attraction.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9815a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Hen 3-1357 Stingray Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Esahubble_opo9815a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 16m 21.1s
DEC = -59° 29’ 23.3”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Ara

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (NII) 658.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (OIII) 502.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-beta) 487.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo9815a
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
Hen 3-1357, Stingray Nebula
Credits
Matt Bobrowsky, Orbital Sciences Corporation and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1998-04-01T07:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9815a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
NII, OIII, H-beta
Central Wavelength
658, 502, 487
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
259.087767474, -59.4897974033
Reference Dimension
509.0, 509.0
Reference Pixel
254.5, 254.5
Scale
-3.19709782003e-06, 3.19709782003e-06
Rotation
-0
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
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
opo9815a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:51:06+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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