In Module 5A, my partner and I studied the remnants of stellar decay. NGC 5189 is a planetary nebula that has a field of gasses surrounding a white dwarf. The white dwarf is the core of a star that is unveiled when the surrounding matter is stripped from its body. Filters G-prime, R-prime, I-prime, H alpha, S II, and O III were used. Some of the observations collected weren’t of the best focus, so because of this the outcome looks a bit grainy and over exposed, but I’ve gone ahead and highlighted the focal point of the image.
Through this image we can see the gaseous cloud that surrounds a supposed white dwarf, but i personally wasn’t able to make out this object through our imaging.
