Bat Shadow

Esahubble_heic1819d_1024

esahubble_heic1819d October 31st, 2018

Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI

This image shows only the feature which was nicknamed the Bat Shadow. It is the shadow of a protoplanetary disc orbiting the star in the centre of the image.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1819d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HBC 672 • Serpens nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary
Nebula > Appearance > Reflection
Esahubble_heic1819d_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 29m 56.8s
DEC = 1° 14’ 44.9”
Orientation
North is 12.0° CCW
Field of View
0.7 x 0.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Serpens

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Cyan Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Cyan
Esahubble_heic1819d_1280
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ID
heic1819d
Subject Category
B.3.7.2.1   B.4.2.2  
Subject Name
HBC 672, Serpens nebula
Credits
NASA, ESA, and STScI
Release Date
2018-10-31T18:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1819d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Simbad, calculated.
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
H, J
Central Wavelength
1640, 1250
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
277.486609476, 1.24581111484
Reference Dimension
1446.0, 1248.0
Reference Pixel
723.0, 624.0
Scale
-8.31844507983e-06, 8.31844507983e-06
Rotation
12.040000000000006
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1819d
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1819d.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2018-10-29T15:01:01+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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