Eta Carinae light echo region 10 March 2003

Esahubble_opo1212b_1024

esahubble_opo1212b February 20th, 2012

Credit: NOAO, AURA, NSF, and N. Smith (University of Arizona)

The double-star system Eta Carinae, about 120 times more massive than the Sun, produced a spectacular outburst that was seen on Earth from 1837 to 1858. This image shows an area near Eta Carinae that is not illuminated by the double-star system's outburst. The image was taken in March 2003 with the NOAO Optical Astronomy Observatory's Blanco 4-metre telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1212b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Eta Carinae
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Variable
Esahubble_opo1212b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 44m 15.4s
DEC = -60° 15’ 16.5”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
1.3 x 1.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Carina

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale CTIO (Other) Optical (None) -
Esahubble_opo1212b_1280
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ID
opo1212b
Subject Category
B.3.2.1  
Subject Name
Eta Carinae
Credits
NOAO, AURA, NSF, and N. Smith (University of Arizona)
Release Date
2012-02-20T12:12:15
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1212b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
CTIO
Instrument
Other
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
None
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
161.064095796, -60.2545867883
Reference Dimension
600.0, 600.0
Reference Pixel
300.0, 300.0
Scale
-3.74239442009e-05, 3.74239442009e-05
Rotation
-0
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo1212b
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:50.426143
Metadata Version
1.1
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