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

Distance

Universescale1

70 light years

Position Details

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

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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70 light years

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