Wide-field view of part of the Taurus star formation region

Eso_eso1423c_1024

eso_eso1423c July 30th, 2014

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This wide field image shows extensive dust and small clumps of star formation in part of the Taurus star formation region. A faint star at the centre of this picture is the young binary star system HK Tauri. ALMA observations of this system have provided the clearest picture ever of protoplanetary discs in a double star. The new result demonstrates one possible way to explain why so many exoplanets — unlike the planets in the Solar System — came to have strange, eccentric or inclined orbits. This picture was created from images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1423c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HK Tauri
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Binary
Eso_eso1423c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 31m 50.5s
DEC = 24° 24’ 23.4”
Orientation
North is 0.6° CW
Field of View
3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation
Taurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Yellow DSS2 (None) Optical (E-emulsion) -
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (O emulsion) -
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ID
eso1423c
Subject Category
B.3.6.1  
Subject Name
HK Tauri
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2014-07-30T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1423c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Yellow, Cyan, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, E-emulsion, B, O emulsion
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
67.9605599096, 24.4065028866
Reference Dimension
10659.0, 10674.0
Reference Pixel
5329.5, 5337.0
Scale
-0.000279723239105, 0.000279723239105
Rotation
-0.6
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1423c
Metadata Date
2014-07-24T09:58:17+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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