Recurring Nova T Pyxidis

Esahubble_opo9729b_1024

esahubble_opo9729b September 18th, 1997

Credit: Mike Shara, Bob Williams, and David Zurek ( Space Telescope Science Institute); Roberto Gilmozzi (European Southern Observatory); Dina Prialnik (Tel Aviv University); and NASA/ESA

This image, taken by a ground-based telescope, shows shells of gas around the star that were blown off during several eruptions.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9729b/

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
T Pyxidis
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Variable > Nova
Esahubble_opo9729b_1280
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ID
opo9729b
Subject Category
B.3.2.1.5  
Subject Name
T Pyxidis
Credits
Mike Shara, Bob Williams, and David Zurek ( Space Telescope Science Institute); Roberto Gilmozzi (European Southern Observatory); Dina Prialnik (Tel Aviv University); and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-09-18T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9729b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aa/full_html/2011/09/aa17721-11/aa17721-11.html
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
T
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
83.0, 101.0
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
opo9729b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:48:48+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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