NGC 5189

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NGC 5189

NGC 5189 image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope on July 6, 2012.
Observation data
(Epoch J2000.0)
Right ascension 13h 33m 32.97s
Declination -65° 58 26.7
Distance 3000 ly
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.2, 8.5p
Apparent dimensions (V) 90 × 62 arcsec
Constellation Musca
Physical characteristics
Radius ~1 ly
Absolute magnitude (V) -
Notable features -
Other designations Spiral Planetary Nebula, Gum 47, IC 4274, He2-94, Sa2-95, PK 307-3.1
See also: Planetary nebula, Lists of nebulae

NGC 5189 (Gum 47, IC 4274, nicknamed Spiral Planetary Nebula) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Musca. It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1st July 1826, who catalogued it as Δ252.[1] For many years, well into the 1960s, it was thought to be a bright emission nebula. It was Karl Gordon Henize in 1967 who first described NGC 5189 as quasi-planetary based on its spectral emissions.

Seen through the telescope it seems to have an S shape, reminiscent of a barred spiral galaxy. NGC 5189 is symmetrical and is estimated to be 546 parsec.[2] or 1,780 light years away from Earth. Other measurements have yielded results up to 900 parsecs (~3000 light-years).[3]

References

  1. Classic Deep-Sky and Double Stars : NGC 5189 (Mus) Southern Astronomical Delights
  2. "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Results for NGC 5189. Retrieved 2012-12-21. 
  3. SABIN L.; VAZQUEZ R.; LOPEZ J.A.; GARCIA-DIAZ M.T.; RAMOS-LARIOS G. (2012). "The filamentary multi-polar planetary nebula NGC 5189". Rev. Mex. Astron. Astrofis 48: 165–76. 

External links

Media related to NGC 5189 at Wikimedia Commons

See also

Coordinates: 13h 33m 32.97s, −65° 58′ 26.7″

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