Hubble image of LRLL 54361

esahubble_heic1303b February 7th, 2013

Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Muzerolle (STScI)

This infrared image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows an image of protostellar object LRLL 54361. The protostar is letting off flashes of light every 25.3 days.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1303b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: IC 348 • LRLL 54361
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Protostar

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 3h 43m 51.0s; DEC = 32° 3’ 9.5”
Orientation: North is 19.0° CCW
Field of View: 0.5 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Perseus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm

ID: heic1303b
Subject Category: B.3.1.1
Subject Name: IC 348, LRLL 54361
Credits: NASA, ESA, and J. Muzerolle (STScI)

Release Date: 2013-02-07T19:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1303b/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFC3
Color Assignment: Orange

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: H
Central Wavelength: 1600

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 55.9625379499, 32.0526273076
Reference Dimension: 444.0, 446.0

Reference Pixel: 222.0, 223.0
Scale: -1.77872457607e-05, 1.77872457607e-05
Rotation: 19.04000000000002
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1303b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1303b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2013-02-07T12:10:55+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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