The area around XZ Tauri (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic1424c November 6th, 2014

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around multiple star system XZ Tauri. XZ Tauri is blowing a hot bubble of gas into the surrounding space, which is filled with bright and beautiful clumps that are emitting strong winds and jets.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1424c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
LDN 1551 XZ Tauri
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Grouping > Multiple
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 32m 9.9s
DEC = 18° 16’ 18.8”
Orientation
North is 0.3° CCW
Field of View
2.1 x 2.2 degrees
Constellation
Taurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS (None) Infrared (IR) -
Orange DSS (None) Optical (R) -
Yellow DSS (None) Optical (E) -
Cyan DSS (None) Optical (O) -
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
heic1424c
Subject Category
C.3.6.3  
Subject Name
LDN 1551, XZ Tauri
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
Release Date
2014-11-06T13:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1424c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, DSS, DSS, DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None, None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Yellow, Cyan, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
IR, R, E, O, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
68.0412509656, 18.2718973723
Reference Dimension
7372.0, 7920.0
Reference Pixel
3686.0, 3960.0
Scale
-0.000279932424499, 0.000279932424499
Rotation
0.33999999999999997
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
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
heic1424c
Metadata Date
2014-01-28T12:24:48+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

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