R Aquarii peculiar stellar relationship captured by SPHERE

Eso_eso1840a_1024

eso_eso1840a December 12th, 2018

Credit: ESO/Schmid et al.

While testing a new subsystem on the SPHERE planet-hunting instrument on ESO’s Very Large telescope, astronomers were able to capture dramatic details of the turbulent stellar relationship in the binary star R Aquarii with unprecedented clarity — even compared to observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This image is from the SPHERE/ZIMPOL observations of R Aquarii, and shows the binary star itself, as well as the jets of material spewing from the stellar couple.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1840a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
R Aquarii
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Variable
Eso_eso1840a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 23h 43m 49.5s
DEC = -15° 17’ 4.7”
Orientation
North is 2.1° CCW
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Aquarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange VLT (SPHERE) Optical (H-alpha) 644.9 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Eso_eso1840a_1280
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ID
eso1840a
Subject Category
B.3.2.1  
Subject Name
R Aquarii
Credits
ESO/Schmid et al.
Release Date
2018-12-12T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1840a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
SPHERE
Color Assignment
Orange
Band
Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha
Central Wavelength
644.9
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
355.956277884, -15.2846435076
Reference Dimension
1890.0, 1890.0
Reference Pixel
945.0, 945.0
Scale
-5.07944341988e-07, 5.07944341988e-07
Rotation
2.1200000000000028
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1840a
Metadata Date
2024-02-22T14:19:50.565184
Metadata Version
1.1
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