Astronomers Use Image to Measure Star's Mass

Stsci_2004-24d_1024

stsci_2004-24d July 15th, 2004

Credit: NASA, ESA and D. Bennett (University of Notre Dame)

A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of MACHO-LMC-5, STAR-0516-7029.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-24

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
MACHO-LMC-5 • STAR-0516-7029
Subject - Local Universe
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing
Star
Star

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
1,800 light years
Stsci_2004-24d_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 16m 41.0s
DEC = -70° 29’ 18.4”
Orientation
North is 1.2° CW
Field of View
0.2 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Mensa

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Cyan
Yellow
Stsci_2004-24d_1280
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ID
2004-24d
Subject Category
C.6.2.1   C.3   B.3  
Subject Name
MACHO-LMC-5, STAR-0516-7029
Credits
NASA, ESA and D. Bennett (University of Notre Dame)
Release Date
2004-07-15T00:00:00
Lightyears
1,800
Redshift
160,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-24
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in lightyears to milky way star and LMC respectively
Facility
Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Cyan, Yellow
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
V, I
Central Wavelength
606, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
79.17100109983, -70.48845396047
Reference Dimension
506.00, 505.00
Reference Pixel
264.21249522057, 215.32940384579
Scale
-0.00000692508, 0.00000692508
Rotation
-1.15018147631
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 791.42 756.93 256.38 253.33 840.55 981.39 301.04 479.31 646.98 814.36 110.66 308.16 958.12 549.37 427.39 48.39 Center Pixel Coordinates: 253.00 79.17124982909 252.50 -70.48819115125
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-p0424d-f-506x505.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0424d-f-506x505.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/24
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
1,800 light years

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