ALMA's Millimeter Image of DeeDee

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Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF

ALMA image of the faint millimeter-wavelength "glow" from the planetary body 2014 UZ224, more informally known as DeeDee. At three times the distance of Pluto from the Sun, DeeDee is the second most distant known TNO with a confirmed orbit in our solar system.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
DeeDee 2014 UZ224
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Dwarf planet

Distance

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Position Details

Position (FK5)
RA = 3h 12m 7.9s
DEC = -10° 4’ 38.9”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Eridanus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange ALMA Millimeter (224 GHz) 1.3 mm
Spectrum_ir1
Orange
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ID
Gallery_nrao17cb11b
Subject Category
A.2.1  
Subject Name
DeeDee, 2014 UZ224
Credits
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Release Date
Lightyears
1.5E-3
Redshift
1.5E-3
Reference Url
https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance from Sun to DeeDee at time of observation
Facility
ALMA
Instrument
Color Assignment
Orange
Band
Millimeter
Bandpass
224 GHz
Central Wavelength
1.34E+06
Start Time
2016-08-19T08:02
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
FK5
Equinox
2000
Reference Value
48.032972, -10.077467
Reference Dimension
1200, 1200
Reference Pixel
601, 601
Scale
8.7266462599716E-7, 8.7266462599716E-7
Rotation
0
Coordinate System Projection:
SIN
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL
https://public.nrao.edu
Name
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email
outreach@nrao.edu
Telephone
Address
520 Edgemont Road
City
Charlottesville
State/Province
Virginia
Publisher
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Publisher ID
nrao
Resource ID
Metadata Date
2018-05-08T09:41:54-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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