Model shape plotted over the H2 emission
Model shape (thin line) plotted over the H2 (2.1218-micron) emission from the Homunculus, showing the thin bipolar lobes. The bright streak running diagonally across the image is residual continuum emission from the bright central star (saturated). Spatial scales are converted to astronomical units assuming an age of 160 years and a distance of 2,350 parsecs.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
Id: | geminiann06009d |
Type: | Chart |
Release date: | April 12, 2006, 1:37 p.m. |
Related announcements: | geminiann06009 |
Size: | 450 x 512 px |
About the Object
Name: | Homunculus Nebula |
Category: | Nebulae |