I04248

stsci_1999-05p February 9th, 1999

Credit: D. Padgett (IPAC/Caltech), W. Brandner (IPAC), K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA/ESA

I04248 - In this image of IRAS 04248+2612, the infrared eyes of NICMOS peer through a dusty cloud to reveal a double-star system in formation. A nebula extends at least 65 billion miles in opposite directions from the twin stars, and is illuminated by them. This nebula was formed from material ejected by the young star system. The apparent "pinching" of this nebula close to the binary suggests that a ring or disk of dust and gas surrounds the two stars.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-05

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: IRAS 04248+2612 • I04248
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Binary; Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object; Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk

Distance

450 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 18m 51.5s; DEC = 28° 20’ 21.2”
Orientation: North is 36.5° CW
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Taurus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (J)	1.1 µm
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (K)	2.1 µm

ID: 1999-05p
Subject Category: B.3.6.1 B.3.1.2 B.3.7.2
Subject Name: IRAS 04248+2612, I04248
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

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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

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9905p-f-256x256.tif

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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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450 light years