RS Ophiuchi in outburst

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eso_eso0706c February 23rd, 2007

Credit: ESO

Radio map and VLTI measurements of the outburst of the binary system RS Ophiuchi. The characteristics dimensions measured with AMBER on the VLT Interferometer are shown as the blue, yellow and red lines - corresponding to different wavelengths. They are overplotted on a radio map of the same object obtained with the VLBA by O'Brien and colleagues. The VLTI data were obtained 5.5 days after the outburst, while the radio observations were done 13.8 days after the outburst. Clearly the material released by the outburst has been expanding.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0706c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, 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
RS Ophiuchi
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Variable > Nova
Star > Grouping > Binary

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLT (AMBER) Optical (Near-IR) -
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ID
eso0706c
Subject Category
B.3.2.1.5   B.3.6.1  
Subject Name
RS Ophiuchi
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2007-02-23T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0706c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-4357/647/2/L127/20762.text.html
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
AMBER
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1973.0, 1983.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0706c
Metadata Date
2009-01-22T14:24:10+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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