Brown Dwarf Gliese 299B

Esahubble_opo9548b_1024

esahubble_opo9548b November 29th, 1995

Credit: S. Kulkarni (Caltech), D.Golimowski (JHU) and NASA/ESA

This image of the GL229B (center) was taken with Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera-2, in far red light, on November 17, 1995. The Hubble observations will be used to accurately measure the brown dwarf's distance from Earth, and yield preliminary data on its orbital period, which may eventually offer clues to the dwarf's origin.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9548b/

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
Gliese 229B
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Brown Dwarf

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) -
Esahubble_opo9548b_1280
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ID
opo9548b
Subject Category
B.3.2.3  
Subject Name
Gliese 229B
Credits
S. Kulkarni (Caltech), D.Golimowski (JHU) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1995-11-29T21:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9548b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
212.0, 212.0
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
opo9548b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:45:21+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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