The Motion of RX J185635-3754

Esahubble_opo0035b_1024

esahubble_opo0035b November 9th, 2000

Credit: F.M. Walter (State University of New York at Stony Brook) and NASA/ESA

This photograph is the sum of three Hubble Space Telescope images. North is down, east is to the right. All stars line up in this composite picture, except the neutron star, which moves across the image in a direction 10 degrees south of east. The three images of the neutron star are labeled by date. The proper motion is 1/3 of a second of arc per year.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0035b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
RX J185635-3754
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Neutron Star

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Esahubble_opo0035b_1280
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ID
opo0035b
Subject Category
B.3.1.9  
Subject Name
RX J185635-3754
Credits
F.M. Walter (State University of New York at Stony Brook) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
2000-11-09T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0035b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0204199
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue
Band
Optical
Bandpass
V
Central Wavelength
606
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
776.0, 580.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo0035b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:16:59+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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