Comet Storm around Fomalhaut
nhsc_nhsc2012-006a April 12th, 2012
Credit: ESA
Infrared view of the Fomalhaut dust disk taken by the Herschel Space Observatory. New data reveal that comets are constantly banging into each other around the star, creating its dust disk.
Provider: Herschel Space Observatory
Image Source: https://www.herschel.caltech.edu/image/nhsc2012-006a
Curator: NASA Herschel Science Center, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/imagepolicy/
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- ID
- nhsc2012-006a
- Subject Category
- B.3.7.2.3
- Subject Name
- Fomalhaut
- Credits
- ESA
- Release Date
- 2012-04-12
- Lightyears
- 25.1
- Redshift
- 25.1
- Reference Url
- https://www.herschel.caltech.edu/image/nhsc2012-006a
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Herschel
- Instrument
- PACS
- Color Assignment
- Blue
- Band
- Infrared
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 70000
- 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)
- NASA Herschel Science Center
- URL
- http://www.herschel.caltech.edu/
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/imagepolicy/
- Publisher
- Publisher ID
- nhsc
- Resource ID
- Resource URL
- https://www.herschel.caltech.edu/system/avm_image_sqls/binaries/30/original/nhsc2012-006a.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2018-06-21T00:20:26Z
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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