Bat Shadow (2018 Observation)

Esahubble_heic2012a_1024

esahubble_heic2012a June 25th, 2020

Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Pontoppidan

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://esahubble.org/images/heic2012a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HBC 672
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary
Esahubble_heic2012a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 29m 58.9s
DEC = 1° 14’ 23.2”
Orientation
North is 12.0° CCW
Field of View
2.0 x 1.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Serpens

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (Fe II) 1.6 µm
Blue Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Blue
Esahubble_heic2012a_1280
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ID
heic2012a
Subject Category
B.3.7.2.1  
Subject Name
HBC 672
Credits
NASA, ESA, K. Pontoppidan
Release Date
2020-06-25T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/heic2012a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Orange, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Fe II, J
Central Wavelength
1640, 1250
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
277.495459523, 1.23977835289
Reference Dimension
3937.0, 3485.0
Reference Pixel
1968.5, 1742.5
Scale
-8.33524408103e-06, 8.33524408103e-06
Rotation
12.02000000000001
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
United States
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic2012a
Metadata Date
2020-05-07T09:23:47+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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