Ghostly reflections in the Pleiades

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esahubble_opo0036a December 6th, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), George Herbig and Theodore Simon (University of Hawaii).

The Hubble Space Telescope has caught the eerie, wispy tendrils of a dark interstellar cloud being destroyed by the passage of one of the brightest stars in the Pleiades star cluster. Like a flashlight beam shining off the wall of a cave, the star is reflecting light off the surface of pitch black clouds of cold gas laced with dust. These are called reflection nebulae.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/opo0036a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Barnard's Merope Nebula Pleiades
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Nebula > Appearance > Dark
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 46m 19.8s
DEC = 23° 56’ 23.8”
Orientation
North is 12.9° CW
Field of View
0.5 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Taurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
opo0036a
Subject Category
B.3.6.4   B.4.2.3  
Subject Name
Barnard's Merope Nebula, Pleiades
Credits
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), George Herbig and Theodore Simon (University of Hawaii).
Release Date
2000-12-06T07:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/opo0036a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from ESO.
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
B, V, I
Central Wavelength
439, 555, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
56.582680631, 23.9399554007
Reference Dimension
645.0, 724.0
Reference Pixel
322.0, 362.0
Scale
-1.25857346649e-05, 1.25857346649e-05
Rotation
-12.859999999999989
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
United States
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0036a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:17:00+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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