The mysterious 'Garden-sprinkler' nebula
There are many mysterious objects seen in the night sky which are not really well understood. For example, astronomers are puzzled by the 'jets' emerging from planetary nebulae. However, the S-shaped jet from Henize 3-1475 is the most perplexing of all. 'Jets' are long outflows of fast-moving gas found near many objects in the Universe, such as around young stars, or coming from black holes, neutron stars, and planetary nebulae, for example. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged the young planetary nebula Henize 3-1475 and its bizarre jet. Astronomers have nicknamed it the 'Garden-sprinkler' Nebula.
Credit:European Space Agency, A. Riera (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain) and P. Garcia-Lario (European Space Agency ISO Data Centre, Spain)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0308a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 22 May 2003, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0308 |
| Size: | 1024 x 792 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Garden-sprinkler Nebula, Hen 3-1475 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary |
| Distance: | 18000 light years |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 17 45 14.16 |
| Position (Dec): | -17° 56' 46.52" |
| Field of view: | 0.39 x 0.30 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 188.6° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical | 555 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical | 631 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical | 656 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical | 658 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Infrared | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |