Developing Star AB Aurigae, Viewed With a Coronograph
stsci_1999-21b June 2nd, 1999
Credit: C.A. Grady (National Optical Astronomy Observatories, NASA/ESA Goddard Space Flight Center), B. Woodgate (NASA/ESA Goddard Space Flight Center), F. Bruhweiler and A. Boggess (Catholic University of America), P. Plait and D. Lindler (ACC, Inc., Goddard Space Flight Center), M. Clampin ( Space Telescope Science Institute), and NASA/ESA, P. Kalas (SpaceTelescope Science Institute)
A 1999 Hubble Space Telescope image of AB Aurigae.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-21
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 1999-21b
- Subject Category
- B.3.7.2
- Subject Name
- AB Aurigae
- Credits
- C.A. Grady (National Optical Astronomy Observatories, NASA/ESA Goddard Space Flight Center), B. Woodgate (NASA/ESA Goddard Space Flight Center), F. Bruhweiler and A. Boggess (Catholic University of America), P. Plait and D. Lindler (ACC, Inc., Goddard Space Flight Center), M. Clampin ( Space Telescope Science Institute), and NASA/ESA, P. Kalas (SpaceTelescope Science Institute)
- Release Date
- 1999-06-02T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 450
- Redshift
- 450
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-21
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in lightyears
- Facility
- Hubble
- Instrument
- STIS
- Color Assignment
- Red
- Band
- Infrared
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 73.94099836871, 30.55119793765
- Reference Dimension
- 536.00, 536.00
- Reference Pixel
- 264.04110704049, 382.86643538426
- Scale
- -0.00001041609, 0.00001041609
- Rotation
- -66.81922944419
- 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 358.23 411.77 335.06 422.57 254.20 304.26 196.29 275.95 293.96 298.40 244.53 269.08 320.61 299.21 283.98 269.49 288.91 278.21 -1.00 -1.00 Center Pixel Coordinates: 268.00 73.93971416268 268.00 30.55077047947
- 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-p9921b-f-536x536.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9921b-f-536x536.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/21
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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