ABOUT THIS IMAGE:
These four images are among the first observations made by the new Wide Field Camera 3 aboard the upgraded NASA Hubble Space Telescope.
The image at top left shows NGC 6302, a butterfly-shaped nebula surrounding a dying star. At top right is a picture of a clash among members of a galactic grouping called Stephan's Quintet. The image at bottom left gives viewers a panoramic portrait of a colorful assortment of 100,000 stars residing in the crowded core of Omega Centauri, a giant globular cluster. At bottom right, an eerie pillar of star birth in the Carina Nebula rises from a sea of greenish-colored clouds.
Object Names: NGC 6302, Stephan's Quintet, Omega Centauri, Jet in Carina
Image Type: Astronomical
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
TECHNICAL FACTS ABOUT THIS IMAGE:
About NGC 6302
 | | Object Name: | NGC 6302 (Butterfly Nebula, Bug Nebula) | | Object Description: | Planetary Nebula | | Position (J2000): | R.A. 17h 13m 43s.3
Dec. -37° 06' 10" | | Distance: | 3,800 light-years (1,200 parsecs) | | Constellation: | Scorpius | | Data Description: | The Hubble images were created from data from proposal 11504: K. Noll and H. Bond (STScI) and B. Balick (University of Washington). | | Instrument: | WFC3/UVIS | | Exposure Date(s): | July 27, 2009 | | Exposure Time: | 1.5 hours | | Filters: | F373N ([O II]), F469N (He II), F502N ([O III]), F656N (H-alpha), F658N ([N II]), and F673N ([S II]) |
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About Jet in Carina
 | | Object Name: | Jet in Carina | | Object Description: | Stellar Jet/Young Stellar Object | | Position (J2000): | R.A. 10h 43m 51s.30
Dec. -59° 55' 21".0 | | Constellation: | Carina | | Distance: | 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) | | Dimensions: | This image is 3 arcminutes (6.6 light-years or 2.0 parsecs) wide. | | Data Description: | The Hubble images were created from data from proposal 11501: K. Noll (STScI), C. Proffitt (STScI/CSC), D. Leckrone and M. Niedner (NASA/GSFC), and M. Livio and Z. Levay (STScI). | | Instrument: | WFC3/IR and WFC3/UVIS | | Exposure Date(s): | July 24-30, 2009 | | Exposure Time: | 8.4 hours | | Filters: | WFC3/IR: F126N ([Fe II]) and F164N ([Fe II]) WFC3/UVIS: F280N (Mg II), F502N ([O III]), F656N (H-alpha), and F673N ([S II]) |
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About Omega Centauri
 | | Object Name: | Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) | | Object Description: | Globular Star Cluster | | Position (J2000): | R.A. 13h 26m 45s.9
Dec. -47° 28' 37" | | Constellation: | Centaurus | | Distance: | 16,000 light-years or 4,800 parsecs | | Data Description: | The Hubble images were created from data from the calibration proposal 11452: E. Sabbi, J. Kim Quijano, and L. Dressel (STScI). | | Instrument: | WFC3/UVIS | | Exposure Date(s): | July 15, 2009 | | Exposure Time: | 2.7 hours | | Filters: | F225W (U), F275W (U), F336W (U), F438W (B), F606W (V), and F814W (I) |
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About Stephan's Quintet
 | | Object Name: | Stephan's Quintet (HCG 92) | | Object Description: | Interacting Galaxy Group | | Position (J2000): | R.A. 22h 35m 57s.51
Dec. +33° 57' 35".68 | | Constellation: | Pegasus | | Distance: | Stephan's Quintet is 290 million light-years (90 million parsecs) away. NGC 7320, superposed in the foreground, is 40 million light-years (12 million parsecs) away. | | Data Description: | The Hubble images were created from data from proposal 11502: K. Noll and M. Livio (STScI), D. Leckrone and M. Niedner (NASA/GSFC), and Z. Levay and M. Mutchler (STScI). | | Instrument: | WFC3/IR and WFC3/UVIS | | Exposure Date(s): | July/August 2009 | | Exposure Time: | 17 hours | | Filters: | WFC3/IR: F140W (J-H)
WFC3/UVIS: F438W (B), F606W (V), F657N (H-alpha + [N II]), F665N (H-alpha + [N II]), and F814W (I) |
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