DG Tau B
stsci_1999-05e February 9th, 1999
Credit: D. Padgett (IPAC/Caltech), W. Brandner (IPAC), K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA/ESA
An excellent example of the complementary nature of Hubble's instruments may be found by comparing the infrared NICMOS image of DG Tau B to the visible-light Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) image of the same object. WFPC2 highlights the jet emerging from the system, while NICMOS penetrates some of the dust near the star to more clearly outline the 50 billion-mile-long dust lane (the horizontal dark band, which indicates the presence of a large disk forming around the infant star). The young star itself appears as the bright red spot at the corner of the V-shaped nebula.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-05
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 1999-05e
- Subject Category
- B.3.1.2 B.3.7.2
- Subject Name
- DG Tau B
- 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
- Distance in lightyears
- 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
- 66.76058489830, 26.09256302920
- Reference Dimension
- 256.00, 256.00
- Reference Pixel
- 78.76279892556, 135.38861702112
- Scale
- -0.00001026531, 0.00001026531
- Rotation
- 61.66060327936
- 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 303.27 328.64 126.33 130.42 271.69 336.46 114.96 173.88 290.16 360.17 156.55 164.06 324.33 319.12 128.61 99.07 Center Pixel Coordinates: 128.00 66.76042797980 128.00 26.09208552733
- 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-p9905e-f-256x256.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9905e-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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