Light Echoes From Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis -- October 2002

Stsci_2005-02e_1024

stsci_2005-02e February 3rd, 2005

Credit: NASA, ESA and H.E. Bond (STScI)

A 2005 Hubble Space Telescope image of V838 Monocerotis.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2005/news-2005-02

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
V838 Monocerotis
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Reflection > Light Echo
Star > Type > Variable > Nova

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
20,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 7h 4m 4.8s
DEC = -3° 50’ 50.0”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
1.4 x 1.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Monoceros

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
2-Oct
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
2005-02e
Subject Category
B.4.2.2.1   B.3.2.1.5  
Subject Name
V838 Monocerotis
Credits
NASA, ESA and H.E. Bond (STScI)
Release Date
2005-02-03T00:00:00
Lightyears
20,000
Redshift
20,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2005/news-2005-02
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
The star is ~20,000 light-years (~6 kiloparsecs) away.
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, V, I
Central Wavelength
435, 606, 814
Start Time
2002-10-28T00:00:00, 2002-10-28T00:00:00, 2002-10-28T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
2
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
106.01986450680, -3.84720924094
Reference Dimension
1651.00, 1651.00
Reference Pixel
840.38722707823, 836.76359413170
Scale
-0.00001391859, 0.00001391859
Rotation
-0.10725025082
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 1445.16 1358.01 873.00 750.00 1270.46 1679.40 697.91 1071.12 649.11 707.07 76.77 99.35 742.63 1391.53 171.66 781.55 1737.17 745.88 1166.35 137.71 1743.37 1908.09 1168.39 1296.44 Center Pixel Coordinates: 825.50 106.02007157290 825.50 -3.84735205865
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-p0502e-f-1651x1651.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0502e-f-1651x1651.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/02, http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/10
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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20,000 light years

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