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Nebulosa mantarraya en 1996
This image shows the planetary nebula Hen 3-1357, nicknamed the Stingray nebula, captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in March 1996. The image captures the final stages of the central star’s life, where a ballooning shroud of gas is cast off by the dying star. This image cap...
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- Jan 1, 2020
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- Hubble Space Telescope
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This image shows the planetary nebula Hen 3-1357, nicknamed the Stingray nebula, captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in March 1996. The image captures the final stages of the central star’s life, where a ballooning shroud of gas is cast off by the dying star. This image captured the Stingray nebula in its infancy and astronomers called it the youngest known planetary nebula. In this image, the colors shown represent light emitted by nitrogen (red), oxygen (green), and hydrogen (blue).
Credits
NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad de Guadalajara)Detalles de la imagen
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Hen 3-1357 (Stingray Nebula) |
| Object Description | Planetary Nebula |
| R.A. Position | 17:16:21.07 |
| Dec. Position | -59:29:23.64 |
| Constellation | Ara |
| Distance | 18,260 light-years |
| Dimensions | Image is about 6 arcsec across (about 0.5 light-years) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The HST observations include those from programs (M. Bobrowsky) |
| Instrument | WFPC2 |
| Exposure Dates | 09 March 1996 |
| Filters | F502N, F656N, F658N |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFPC2 instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F502N Green: F656N Red: F658N |
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