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HH-47

Stsci_1995-24g_1024

stsci_1995-24g June 6th, 1995

Credit: J. Morse/STScI, and NASA/ESA

A 1995 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH-47.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-24

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Three-Trillion-Mile-Long Jet From a Wobbly Star (HH-47)
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Protostar

Distance

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1,500 light years

Stsci_1995-24g_128

Position Details

Position: RA = 8h 25m 43.7s; DEC = -51° 0’ 46.0”
Orientation: North is 100.8° CW
Field of View: 1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Vela

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (SII)	673.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)		-

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Red

Cyan

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ID: 1995-24g
Subject Category: B.3.1.1
Subject Name: Three-Trillion-Mile-Long Jet From a Wobbly Star (HH-47)
Credits: J. Morse/STScI, and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1995-06-06T00:00:00
Lightyears: 1,500
Redshift: 1,500
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-24

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in Lightyears

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red, Cyan

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: H-alpha, SII
Central Wavelength: 656, 673

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Coordinate Frame
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 126.43197762000, -51.01278855972
Reference Dimension: 693.00, 692.00

Reference Pixel: -47.70547648137, 64.37733267938
Scale: -0.00002785279, 0.00002785279
Rotation: -100.77305095390
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 646.13 430.22 519.67 423.08 493.41 378.79 598.88 282.05 428.46 405.48 581.49 212.51 349.46 587.01 422.89 104.31 287.76 508.65 507.23 56.80 287.91 336.67 679.71 88.33 Center Pixel Coordinates: 346.50 126.44735752589 346.00 -51.00346483746

Creator (Curator): STScI
URL: http://hubblesite.org
Name: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email: outreach@stsci.edu

Telephone: 410-338-4444
Address: 3700 San Martin Drive
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: USA
Rights: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9524g-f-693x692.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9524g-f-693x692.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1995/24

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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