The mysterious object TMR-1C and its protobinaries

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esahubble_opo9819f May 28th, 1998

Credit: S. Terebey (Extrasolar Research Corp.) and NASA/ESA

Originally suspected to be the first directly detected planet outside our Solar System follow up observations have shown that the object is most likely a background star whose light is has been dimmed and reddened by interstellar dust. Even newer observations have now brought the phantom planet back from oblivion. It seems that TMR-1C is a protoplanet, located about 1 000 AU from its host stars, which are in the center of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope picture. However the true nature of TMR-1C is still unclear and needs further investigation.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9819f/

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
IRAS 04361+2547 TMR-1C
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Binary
Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (K) 2.1 µm
Green Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (Near-IR) 1.9 µm
Blue Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo9819f
Subject Category
B.3.6.1   B.3.7.1  
Subject Name
IRAS 04361+2547, TMR-1C
Credits
S. Terebey (Extrasolar Research Corp.) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1998-05-28T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9819f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/119/5/2341/990371.text.html
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
NICMOS, NICMOS, NICMOS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
K, Near-IR, H
Central Wavelength
2050, 1900, 1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
404.0, 631.0
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
opo9819f
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:12.294441
Metadata Version
1.1
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