The multiple stellar system of WR 25

Esahubble_heic0822c_1024

esahubble_heic0822c November 25th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)

In WR 25 two of the stars are so close to each other that they look like a single object, but Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys shows them as two.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0822c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
WR 25
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Wolf-Rayet
Star > Grouping > Binary
Esahubble_heic0822c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 44m 10.6s
DEC = -59° 43’ 11.5”
Orientation
North is 140.7° CCW
Field of View
0.2 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Carina

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor Hubble (ACS) Optical -
Esahubble_heic0822c_1280
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ID
heic0822c
Subject Category
B.3.2.4   B.3.6.1  
Subject Name
WR 25
Credits
NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)
Release Date
2008-11-25T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0822c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
161.044241432, -59.7198518161
Reference Dimension
900.0, 657.0
Reference Pixel
450.0, 328.5
Scale
-4.495708706e-06, 4.495708706e-06
Rotation
140.70000000000005
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
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
heic0822c
Metadata Date
2008-11-24T18:39:35+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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