Hubble's Planetary Nebula Gallery. A View of NGC 5307
NGC 5307 also lies in Centaurus but is about 10, 000 light-years away and has a diameter of approximately 0.6 light-year. It is an example of a planetary nebula with a pinwheel or spiral structure; each blob of gas ejected from the central star has a counterpart on the opposite side of the star.
Credit:
Howard Bond ( Space Telescope Science Institute), Robin Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State University) and NASA/ESA
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9738h |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 17 December 1997, 06:00 |
| Size: | 563 x 563 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 13478-5057, NGC 5307 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary • Nebulae Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 8000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
