File:NGC2313 - HST - Potw2119a.tiff
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English: Cosmic Silver Lining
The language that astronomers use changes as we become better acquainted with the Universe, and astronomical history is littered with now-obsolete phrases to describe objects in the night sky, such as “spiral nebulae” for spiral galaxies or “inferior planets” for Mercury and Venus. Credit: ESA/Hubble, R. Sahai
Coordinates Position (RA): 6 58 3.00 Position (Dec): -7° 56' 47.54" Field of view: 1.59 x 1.49 arcminutes Orientation: North is 50.1° left of vertical Colours & filters Band Wavelength Telescope Optical V 606 nm Hubble Space Telescope ACS Optical I 814 nm Hubble Space Telescope ACS. |
| Date | 10 May 2021, 06:00(Release) |
| Source | https://spacetelescope.org/images/potw2119a/ |
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Credit: ESA/Hubble, R. Sahai |
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| current | 16:44, 10 May 2021 |  | 1,904 × 1,790 (19.53 MB) | Fabian RRRR (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1=Cosmic Silver Lining This Picture of the Week showcases the emission nebula NGC 2313. The bright star V565 — surrounded by four prominent diffraction spikes — illuminates a silvery, fan-shaped veil of gas and dust, while the right half of this image is obscured by a dense cloud of dust. Nebulae with similar shapes — a star accompanied by a bright fan of gas — were once referred to as cometary nebulae, though the name is no longer used... |
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