I04302
stsci_1999-05q February 9th, 1999
Credit: D. Padgett (IPAC/Caltech), W. Brandner (IPAC), K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA/ESA
This image shows IRAS 04302+2247, a star hidden from direct view and seen only by the nebula it illuminates. Dividing the nebula in two is a dense, edge-on disk of dust and gas which appears as the thick, dark band crossing the center of the image. The disk has a diameter of 80 billion miles (15 times the diameter of Neptune's orbit), and has a mass comparable to the Solar Nebula, which gave birth to our planetary system. Dark clouds and bright wisps above and below the disk suggest that it is still building up from infalling dust and gas.
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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- ID
- 1999-05q
- Subject Category
- B.3.1.2 B.3.7.2
- Subject Name
- I04302, IRAS 04302+2247
- 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
- 68.31876738461, 22.88701052751
- Reference Dimension
- 255.00, 255.00
- Reference Pixel
- -20.74919824765, 16.12935478194
- Scale
- -0.00001098880, 0.00001098880
- Rotation
- -38.86644681189
- 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 206.85 76.41 133.41 147.54 214.21 76.88 149.21 148.79 194.79 55.27 108.89 106.40 171.62 41.02 61.25 76.71 198.86 47.29 117.48 91.12 Center Pixel Coordinates: 127.50 68.31836848255 127.50 22.88896666731
- 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-p9905q-f-255x255.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9905q-f-255x255.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/05
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
