The planetary nebula Fleming 1 seen with ESO’s Very Large Telescope

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eso_eso1244a November 8th, 2012

Credit: ESO/H. Boffin

This new ESO Very Large Telescope image shows the planetary nebula Fleming 1 in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). This striking object is a glowing cloud of gas around a dying star. New observations have shown that it is likely that a very rare pair of white dwarf stars lies at the heart of this object. Their orbital motions can fully explain the remarkably symmetric structures of the jets in the surrounding gas clouds in this and similar objects.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1244a/

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
Fleming 1 PN G290.5+07.9
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Eso_eso1244a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 28m 36.2s
DEC = -52° 56’ 4.8”
Orientation
North is 126.8° CW
Field of View
5.8 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue VLT (FORS2) Optical ([OII]) 378.0 nm
Green VLT (FORS2) Optical ([OIII]) 504.0 nm
Red VLT (FORS2) Optical (H-alpha + [NII]) 660.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
eso1244a
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
Fleming 1, PN G290.5+07.9
Credits
ESO/H. Boffin
Release Date
2012-11-08T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1244a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
[OII], [OIII], H-alpha + [NII]
Central Wavelength
378, 504, 660
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
172.150872, -52.934676
Reference Dimension
1382.0, 592.0
Reference Pixel
682.849637188, 273.245347134
Scale
-6.962358e-05, 6.962358e-05
Rotation
-126.76614759467
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1244a
Metadata Date
2012-10-26T18:13:42+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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