Ground-based view of the sky around the nearby star AU Microscopii

Esahubble_heic1521b_1024

esahubble_heic1521b October 7th, 2015

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image shows the sky around the nearby young star AU Microscopii. It was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. AU Mic appears just below the centre of the image as an orangish star of moderate brightness. Because the photographs through different coloured filters that were used to make this picture were taken many years apart, AU Mic appears double, as the stars own proper motion has moved it a small distance across the sky in the intervening time.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1521b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
AU Microscopii
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Debris
Esahubble_heic1521b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 20h 45m 16.0s
DEC = -30° 56’ 43.1”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CW
Field of View
3.8 x 3.3 degrees
Constellation
Microscopium

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
DSS2 (None) -
Esahubble_heic1521b_1280
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ID
heic1521b
Subject Category
B.3.7.2.3  
Subject Name
AU Microscopii
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2015-10-07T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1521b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
[exact distance]
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
311.316678829, -30.9453102479
Reference Dimension
13596.0, 11808.0
Reference Pixel
6798.0, 5904.0
Scale
-0.000279979655845, 0.000279979655845
Rotation
-0.674354624635076
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1521b
Metadata Date
2015-08-05T17:25:06+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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