NGC 5189 - Wikipedia
NGC 5189 (Gum 47, IC 4274, nicknamed Spiral Planetary Nebula) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Musca. It was discovered by James Dunlop on 1 July 1826, who catalogued it as Δ252. [1] For many years, well into the 1960s, it was thought to be a bright emission nebula.
APOD: 2020 August 14 - NGC 5189: An Unusually Complex Planetary Nebula
In the case of planetary nebula NGC 5189, however, besides an overall "Z" shape (the featured image is flipped horizontally and so appears as an "S"), no such simple structure has emerged. To help find out why, the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope has observed NGC 5189 in …
APOD: 2012 December 19 - NGC 5189: An Unusually Complex Planetary Nebula
Dec 19, 2012 · NGC 5189: An Unusually Complex Planetary Nebula. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA) Explanation: Why is this nebula so complex? When a star like our Sun is dying, it will cast off its outer layers, usually into a simple overall shape.
Spiral Planetary Nebula (NGC 5189) - Constellation Guide
May 9, 2024 · The Spiral Planetary Nebula is a planetary nebula located approximately 1,780 – 3,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Musca (the Fly). It has an apparent magnitude of 8.2 and apparent size of 90 by 62 arcseconds. It is listed as NGC 5189 in the New General Catalogue.
Planetary Nebula NGC 5189 - HubbleSite
Dec 18, 2012 · Many do look somewhat planet-like, but not NGC 5189. This nebula forms a dramatic reverse S-shape. Planetary nebulae tell us about the possible fate of the Sun, which may form such a nebula when it runs out of fuel in a little over 5 billion years.
NGC 5189 - Astronomy Magazine
Jan 1, 2024 · NGC 5189 is one of the more bizarre-looking planetary nebulae, appearing more like an exploding barred spiral galaxy than a shell of gas released from a dying Sun-like star. Until the 1960s, this...
Zoom into Planetary Nebula NGC 5189 - HubbleSite
Glide into the region of sky containing planetary nebula NGC 5189. Located 1800 light-years away in the southern constellation Musca, NGC 5189 has a knotty and filamentary structure surrounding bluish lobes.
Hubble snaps NGC 5189 | ESA/Hubble
Dec 18, 2012 · The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the holiday season with a striking image of the planetary nebula NGC 5189. The intricate structure of the stellar eruption looks like a giant and brightly coloured ribbon in space.
Portrait Of NGC 5189: New Light On An Old Planetary Nebula
Feb 18, 2013 · Stretching across three light years of space and located about 3,000 light years away in the direction of the constellation of Musca, an incredible and rather understudied planetary nebula...
APOD: December 11, 1995 - NGC 5189: A Strange Planetary Nebula
This particular planetary nebula has a quite strange and chaotic structure. The inner part of this nebula contains an unusual expanding ring of gas that we see nearly edge-on. The exact mechanism that expels the planetary nebula gas is a current topic …
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