Mysterious Object He 2-90: Possibly a Duo of Aging Stars

stsci_2000-24b August 31st, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA, Raghvendra Sahai (NASA/ESA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Lars-Ake Nyman (European Southern Observatory, Chile & Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden)

A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of He2-90.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2000/news-2000-24

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: He2-90 • PK305+01D1
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary; Nebula > Type > Jet; Star > Grouping > Binary

Distance

8,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 9m 36.0s; DEC = -61° 19’ 31.6”
Orientation: North is 121.2° CW
Field of View: 6.9 x 1.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm

ID: 2000-24b
Subject Category: B.4.1.3 B.4.1.5 B.3.6.1
Subject Name: He2-90, PK305+01D1
Credits: NASA/ESA, Raghvendra Sahai (NASA/ESA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Lars-Ake Nyman (European Southern Observatory, Chile & Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden)

Release Date: 2000-08-31T00:00:00
Lightyears: 8,000
Redshift: 8,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2000/news-2000-24

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in Lightyears

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: H-alpha
Central Wavelength: 656

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 197.40011311444, -61.32543643139
Reference Dimension: 1350.00, 368.00

Reference Pixel: 1991.17593353039, 450.55916150898
Scale: -0.00008559817, 0.00008559817
Rotation: -121.17553634287
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 494.86 613.23 708.18 184.67 524.09 587.96 850.73 160.81 463.71 636.81 622.48 197.12 542.82 573.05 911.75 150.49 Center Pixel Coordinates: 675.00 197.40209772312 184.00 -61.32701015031

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0024b-f-1350x368.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0024b-f-1350x368.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2000/24

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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8,000 light years