Recurring Nova T Pyxidis

Esahubble_opo9729c_1024

esahubble_opo9729c 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

Closer inspection by the Hubble Space Telescope, however, reveals that the shells are not smooth at all. In fact, this high-resolution image shows that the shells are actually more than 2, 000 gaseous blobs packed into an area that is 1 light-year across. Resembling shrapnel from a shotgun blast, the blobs may have been produced by the nova explosion, the subsequent expansion of gaseous debris, or collisions between fast-moving and slow- moving gas from several eruptions. False colour has been applied to this image to enhance details in the blobs.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9729c/

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

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor Hubble (WFPC2) Optical -
Esahubble_opo9729c_1280
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ID
opo9729c
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/opo9729c/
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
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
519.0, 546.0
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
opo9729c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:48:49+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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