First detection of Aluminium Nuclear Isotope in Space.
nrao_NRAO_Gallery_nrao18cb15e
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), T. Kamiński M. Hajduk; Gemini, NOAO/AURA/NSF; NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton
Composite image of CK Vul, the remains of a double-star collision. This impact launched radioactive molecules into space, as seen in the orange double-lobe structure at the center. This is an ALMA image of 27-aluminum monofluoride, but the rare isotopic version of AlF resides in the same region. The red, diffuse image is an ALMA image of the more extended dust in the region. The blue is optical hydrogen emission as seen by the Gemini observatory.
Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/news/2018-alma-radioactive-molecules/
Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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- ID
- NRAO_Gallery_nrao18cb15e
- Subject Category
- C.3.2.1.5
- Subject Name
- CK Vulpeculae, CK Vul, Nova 1670
- Credits
- ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), T. Kamiński M. Hajduk; Gemini, NOAO/AURA/NSF; NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton
- Release Date
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://public.nrao.edu/news/2018-alma-radioactive-molecules/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- ALMA, ALMA, Gemini
- Instrument
- 6, 6, -
- Color Assignment
- red, red and yellow, blue
- Band
- radio, radio, optical
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 1.54872E+06, 1.51387E+06, -
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- FK5
- Equinox
- 2000
- Reference Value
- 296.9085833, 27.3125219
- Reference Dimension
- 1991, 2281
- Reference Pixel
- 995.0005, 1140
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- URL
- https://public.nrao.edu
- Name
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- outreach@nrao.edu
- Telephone
- Address
- 520 Edgemont Road
- City
- Charlottesville
- State/Province
- Virginia
- Postal Code
- 22903
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
- Publisher
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- Publisher ID
- nrao
- Resource ID
- Resource URL
- https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/nrao18cb15e.jpg
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2018-07-30T12:20:27-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
