Dust Disk Around Star Beta Pictoris (False Color Image)

Stsci_1998-03b_1024

stsci_1998-03b January 7th, 1998

Credit: Al Schultz (CSC/STScI, and NASA)

A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Beta Pictoris.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-03

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Beta Pictoris
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
70 light years

Position Details Position Details

Position
RA = 5h 47m 17.1s
DEC = -51° 30’ 59.5”
Constellation
Pictor

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical -
Stsci_1998-03b_1280
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ID
1998-03b
Subject Category
B.3.7.2.1  
Subject Name
Beta Pictoris
Credits
Al Schultz (CSC/STScI, and NASA)
Release Date
1998-01-07T00:00:00
Lightyears
70
Redshift
70
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-03
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in Lightyears
Facility
Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
86.82116667, -51.51651389
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
Position
FITS Header
Notes
RA and DEC Sexagesimal
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-p9803b-f-1689x381.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9803b-f-1689x381.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/03
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
70 light years

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