A Tour of Spiral Planetary Nebula NGC 5189 in Musca | Hubble

A Tour of Spiral Planetary Nebula NGC 5189 in Musca | Hubble

In this Hubblecast episode, Dr. Joe Liske (aka Dr. J) invites us to tour NGC 5189, a planetary nebula in our galaxy. The nebula looks like a ribbon in space with a complex structure that comes from the dying throes of a Sun-like star at its center.

NGC 5189 (Gum 47, IC 4274, nicknamed the Spiral Planetary Nebula) is located in the constellation Musca. It was discovered by James Dunlop on July 1, 1826. Seen through the telescope it seems to have an S shape. Hubble Space Telescope imaging analysis has demonstrated that this S shape structure is from two dense low-ionization regions—one moving toward the north-east and another one moving toward the south-west of the nebula. This could be a result of a recent outburst from the central star.

Credits: ESA/Hubble
Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser
Written by: Oli Usher
Presented by: Dr Joe Liske (Dr J)
Narrator: Sara Mendes da Costa
Images: NASA, ESA,, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Directed by: Oli Usher
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Dec. 18, 2012

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