Red Giant Star Mira
stsci_1997-26d August 6th, 1997
Credit: Margarita Karovska (Harvard-Smit
In UV light, Hubble resolves a small hook-like appendage extending from Mira, in the direction of the companion that could be material from Mira being gravitationally drawn toward the smaller star. Alternately, it could be that material in Mira's upper atmosphere is being heated due to the companion's presence.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1997/news-1997-26
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 1997-26d
- Subject Category
- B.3.1.4
- Subject Name
- Mira A, Omicron Ceti
- Credits
- Margarita Karovska (Harvard-Smit
- Release Date
- 1997-08-06T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 424
- Redshift
- 424
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1997/news-1997-26
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in Lightyears
- Facility
- Hubble
- Instrument
- FOC
- Color Assignment
- Orange
- Band
- Ultraviolet
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 34.83630518527, -2.97734862479
- Reference Dimension
- 500.00, 279.00
- Reference Pixel
- 50.10567236707, -126.62671612787
- Scale
- -0.00000075359, 0.00000075359
- Rotation
- -15.73974041304
- 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 94.93 101.86 84.12 130.01 137.00 103.96 404.04 151.67 94.35 107.81 93.04 172.07 136.60 116.52 406.15 211.39 147.21 115.76 486.90 211.48 Center Pixel Coordinates: 250.00 34.83626037416 139.50 -2.97711322772
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://hubblesite.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- 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-p9726d-f-502x502.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9726d-f-502x502.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/26
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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