Hubble's Snapshot of Debris Disk Around Young Star - Unannotated

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esahubble_opo0702b January 7th, 2007

Credit: NASA/ESA, J. R. Graham and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley), and B. Matthews (Hertzberg Institute of Astrophysics)

Taken with NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, this image shows light reflected off dust in a debris disk around the young star AU Microscopii.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0702b/

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
AU Microscopii GJ 803 HD197481
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Variable > Flare Star
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (POL120V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (POL60V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (POL0V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Red
Red
Red
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ID
opo0702b
Subject Category
B.3.2.1.4   B.3.7.2  
Subject Name
AU Microscopii, GJ 803, HD197481
Credits
NASA/ESA, J. R. Graham and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley), and B. Matthews (Hertzberg Institute of Astrophysics)
Release Date
2007-01-07T18:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0702b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: www.astro.sunysb.edu/metchev/PUBLICATIONS/aumic.pdf
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, WFPC2, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Red, Red, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
POL120V, POL60V, POL0V, V
Central Wavelength
606, 606, 606, 606
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
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
opo0702b
Metadata Date
2006-12-13T09:31:43-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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