CoKu Tau/1
stsci_1999-05d February 9th, 1999
Credit: D. Padgett (IPAC/Caltech), W. Brandner (IPAC), K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA/ESA
This image shows a newborn binary star system, CoKu Tau/1, lying at the center of four "wings" of light extending as much as 75 billion miles from the pair. The "wings" outline the edges of a region in the stars' dusty surroundings, which have been cleared by outflowing gas. A thin, dark lane extends to the left and to right of the binary, suggesting that a disk or ring of dusty material encircles the two young stars.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-05
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
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Image Details
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Position Details
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- ID
- 1999-05d
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.1 B.3.1.2 B.3.7.2
- Subject Name
- CoKu Tau/1
- Credits
- D. Padgett (IPAC/Caltech), W. Brandner (IPAC), K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA/ESA
- Release Date
- 1999-02-09T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 450
- Redshift
- 450
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-05
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- NICMOS, NICMOS, NICMOS
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- J, H, K
- Central Wavelength
- 1100, 1600, 2050
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 64.71466387370, 28.33920983144
- Reference Dimension
- 256.00, 256.00
- Reference Pixel
- 41.45475233513, -8.74335448266
- Scale
- -0.00000965184, 0.00000965184
- Rotation
- -36.46571610088
- 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 170.20 43.68 121.44 87.16 159.34 43.56 100.74 83.61 187.39 49.17 155.74 97.57 181.59 68.10 147.08 139.74 151.86 74.38 81.85 149.81 147.78 34.35 74.28 62.94 169.53 66.48 118.66 135.59 Center Pixel Coordinates: 128.00 64.71478318360 128.00 28.34082129385
- 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-p9905d-f-256x256.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9905d-f-256x256.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/05
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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