Light Echo Diagram
spitzer_sig16-010 April 26th, 2016
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Astronomers can use light echoes to measure the distance from a star to its surrounding protoplanetary disk. This diagram illustrates how the time delay of the light echo is proportional to the distance between the star and the inner edge of the disk.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6196-sig16-010-Light-Echo-Diagram
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- ID
- sig16-010
- Subject Category
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- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech
- Release Date
- 2016-04-26
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6196-sig16-010-Light-Echo-Diagram
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- Artwork
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
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- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
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- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
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- Rotation
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- FITS Header
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- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
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- Telephone
- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Publisher
- Spitzer Science Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- sig16-010.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0010/7616/sig16-010.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2020-01-17
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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