Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe

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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])

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])

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)

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)

NEWS RELEASE IMAGES

The above montage includes these images:

NGC 6302 Image Type: Astronomical

Stephan's Quintet Image Type: Astronomical

Omega Centauri Image Type: Astronomical

Jet in Carina Image Type: Astronomical

All images from this news release:

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