WR 140 with JWST

noirlab_WR140 October 21st, 2022

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, JPL-Caltech, NSF NOIRLab

The two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140, shown here, produce shells of dust every eight years that look like rings, as seen in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Each ring was created when the stars came close together and their stellar winds collided, compressing the gas and forming dust.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/WR140/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: WR 140

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 20h 20m 28.0s; DEC = 43° 51’ 16.5”
Orientation: North is 3.4° CW
Field of View: 1.4 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Cygnus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Webb (MIRI)	Infrared (None)	21.0 µm
Webb (MIRI)	Infrared (None)	15.0 µm
Webb (MIRI)	Infrared (None)	7.7 µm

ID: WR140
Subject Category
Subject Name: WR 140
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, JPL-Caltech, NSF NOIRLab

Release Date: 2022-10-21T04:52:03
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/WR140/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: James Webb Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope
Instrument: MIRI, MIRI, MIRI
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: None, None, None
Central Wavelength: 21000, 15000, 7700

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 305.11672716, 43.8545956036
Reference Dimension: 3155.0, 4572.0

Reference Pixel: 1577.5, 2286.0
Scale: -7.15571311376e-06, 7.15571311376e-06
Rotation: -3.3600000000000021
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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Email

Telephone
Address: 950 North Cherry Ave.
City: Tucson
State/Province: AZ

Postal Code: 85719
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID: noirlab
Resource ID: WR140

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/WR140.tif
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Metadata Date: 2022-09-21T13:22:26-07:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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