NICMOS Peers Through Dust to Reveal Young Stellar Disks. A View of IRAS 04248+2612

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esahubble_opo9905p February 9th, 1999

Credit: D. Padgett (IPAC/Caltech), W. Brandner (IPAC), K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA/ESA

In this image of IRAS 04248+2612, the infrared eyes of NICMOS peer through a dusty cloud to reveal a double-star system in formation. A nebula extends at least 65 billion miles (105 billion kilometres) in opposite directions from the twin stars, and is illuminated by them. This nebula was formed from material ejected by the young star system. The apparent 'pinching' of this nebula close to the binary suggests that a ring or disk of dust and gas surrounds the two stars.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9905p/

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
HH 31-D IRAS 04248+2612
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object
Star > Grouping > Binary
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (K) 2.1 µm
Green Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Blue Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (J) 1.1 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo9905p
Subject Category
B.3.1.2   B.3.6.1   B.3.7.2  
Subject Name
HH 31-D, IRAS 04248+2612
Credits
D. Padgett (IPAC/Caltech), W. Brandner (IPAC), K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1999-02-09T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9905p/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1993AAS...183.4001L
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, H, J
Central Wavelength
2050, 1600, 1100
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
256.0, 256.0
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
opo9905p
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:52:58+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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