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Zoom into Planetary Nebula NGC 5189
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.
Planetary nebulae represent the final brief stage in the life of a medium-sized star like our Sun. While consuming the last of the fuel in its core, the dying star expels a large portion of its outer envelope. This material is then illuminated by the ultraviolet radiation from the stellar remnant, producing glowing clouds of gas that can show complex structure.
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov
NASA, ESA, Gregory Bacon (STScI)
STScI, AURA, Palomar Observatory, UKSTU, Gemini Observatory, DSS, Hubble Heritage Project, Akira Fujii, Travis Rector (UAA)
