ALMA image of HD101584
eso_eso2002a February 5th, 2020
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Olofsson et al. Acknowledgement: Robert Cumming
This new ALMA image shows the outcome of a stellar fight: a complex and stunning gas environment surrounding the binary HD101584. The colours represent speed, going from blue — gas moving the fastest towards us — to red — gas moving the fastest away from us. Jets, almost along the line of sight, propel the material in blue and red. The stars in the binary are located at the single bright dot at the centre of the ring-like structure shown in green, which is moving with the same velocity as the system as a whole along the line of sight. Astronomers believe this ring has its origin in the material ejected as the lower mass star in the binary spiralled towards its red-giant partner.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2002a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- eso2002a
- Subject Category
- B.3.1.4
- Subject Name
- HD101584
- Credits
- ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Olofsson et al. Acknowledgement: Robert Cumming
- Release Date
- 2020-02-05T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2002a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
- Instrument
- Band 6, Band 6, Band 6
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Millimeter, Millimeter, Millimeter
- Bandpass
- CO (2-1), CO (2-1), CO (2-1)
- Central Wavelength
- 1300000, 1300000, 1300000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 175.245042031, -55.5738365197
- Reference Dimension
- 1470.0, 1058.0
- Reference Pixel
- 735.0, 529.0
- Scale
- -2.7851152047e-06, 2.7851152047e-06
- Rotation
- 0.040000000000070771
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- https://www.eso.org
- Name
- 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
- eso2002a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2002a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-02-22T14:19:32.401901
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
