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Beta Pictoris WFPC2 Image

Stsci_2000-02b_1024

stsci_2000-02b January 15th, 2000

Credit: NASA and ESA

A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Beta Pictoris.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2000/news-2000-02

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Beta Pictoris
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System

Distance

Universescale1

70 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 47m 17.1s; DEC = -51° 3’ 59.4”
Constellation: Pictor

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical	-

Stsci_2000-02b_1280

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ID: 2000-02b
Subject Category: B.3.7.1
Subject Name: Beta Pictoris
Credits: NASA and ESA

Release Date: 2000-01-15T00:00:00
Lightyears: 70
Redshift: 70
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2000/news-2000-02

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in lightyears

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 86.82119871, -51.06651139
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Quality: Position
FITS Header
Notes: Sexagesimal RA and DEC

Creator (Curator): STScI
URL: http://hubblesite.org
Name: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email: 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-p0002b-f-271x300.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0002b-f-271x300.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2000/02

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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70 light years

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