Ground-based MACHO-LMC-5 1993

Esahubble_opo0424b_1024

esahubble_opo0424b April 14th, 2004

Credit: NASA, ESA and D. Bennett (University of Notre Dame)

Ths ground based observation image shows MACHO-LMC-5, a red dwarf star in our Milky Way galaxy. The star was observed because of a backgroundstar, STAR-0516-7029, in its close neighborhood. This giant blue star is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a companion dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way. From 1993-1994 the red dwarf moved in front of the bright backgroundstar and created this way a microlensing effect; the light of the blue background star was brightened. Because of this effect Hubble was able to determine the mass of a single star (MACHO-LMC-5), which was never possible before.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0424b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
MACHO-LMC-5 1994
Subject - Milky Way
Star
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing
Star
Esahubble_opo0424b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 16m 41.0s
DEC = -70° 29’ 18.0”
Orientation
North is 0.8° CW
Field of View
1.0 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Mensa

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Luminosity Mount Stromlo Observatory (None) Optical (None) -
This image was captured with the 50-inch telescope at the Mount Stromlo Observatory.
Esahubble_opo0424b_1280
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ID
opo0424b
Subject Category
B.3   B.6.2.1   C.3  
Subject Name
MACHO-LMC-5 1994
Credits
NASA, ESA and D. Bennett (University of Notre Dame)
Release Date
2004-04-14T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0424b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Mount Stromlo Observatory
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Luminosity
Band
Optical
Bandpass
None
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
T
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
79.1708020199, -70.4883352982
Reference Dimension
275.0, 275.0
Reference Pixel
137.5, 137.5
Scale
-5.9519570080768227E-05, 5.9519570080768227E-05
Rotation
-0.80000000000000027
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Position
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0424b
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0424b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2004-07-12T16:21:17-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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