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December 18, 2012 09:00 AM (EST)

News Release Number: STScI-2012-49

A Cosmic Holiday Ornament, Hubble-Style

Technical facts about this news release:

About the Object

Object Name:	NGC 5189
Object Description:	Planetary Nebula
Position (J2000):	R.A. 13h 33m 32s.91 Dec. -65° 58' 26".58
Constellation:	Musca
Distance:	1,800 to 3,000 light-years (540 - 900 parsecs)

About the Data

Data Description:	The image was created from Hubble data from proposal 12812: Hubble Heritage Team: PI: Z. Levay (STScI), K. Noll (NASA/GSFC), and M. Mutchler, L. Frattare, W. Januszewski, C. Christian, T. Borders, M. Livio, J. Mack, and J. Sokol (STScI)
Instrument:	WFC3/UVIS
Exposure Date(s):	July 6, 2012
Exposure Time:	7 hours
Filters:	F502N ([O III]), F657N (H-alpha+[N II]), F673N [S II], F606W (V) and F814W (I)

About the Release

Credit:

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Release Date:

December 18, 2012

Color:

This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by Hubble's WFC3 instrument. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths/frequencies. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are:

F814W (I)	yellow
F606W (V)	blue
F673N [S II]	green
F657N (H-alpha+[N II])	orange
F502N ([O III])	cyan

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