Cool Star

Esahubble_opo9533a_1024

esahubble_opo9533a September 14th, 1995

Credit: D. Golimowski (Johns Hopkins University), and NASA/ESA

This is a Hubble Space Telescope picture of one of the least massive and coolest stars even seen (upper right). It is a diminutive companion to the K dwarf star called GL 105A (also known as HD 16160) seen at lower left. The binary pair is located 27 light-years away in the constellation Cetus.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9533a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, 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
Gliese 105A Gliese 105C HD 16160
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Spectral Type > K

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (Near-IR) -
Esahubble_opo9533a_1280
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ID
opo9533a
Subject Category
B.3.3.6  
Subject Name
Gliese 105A, Gliese 105C, HD 16160
Credits
D. Golimowski (Johns Hopkins University), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1995-09-14T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9533a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/120/4/2082/200166.text.html
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
324.0, 185.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo9533a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:44:25+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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