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Circumstellar Debris Disk HD 53143

Stsci_2006-05b_1024

stsci_2006-05b January 19th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley)

A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of HD 53143.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-05

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: HD 53143
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary

Distance

Universescale1

60 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 6h 59m 59.5s; DEC = -61° 20’ 9.0”
Constellation: Carina

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS/WFC)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS/WFC)	Optical (Methane)	892.0 nm

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Pseudocolor

Pseudocolor

Stsci_2006-05b_1280

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ID: 2006-05b
Subject Category: B.3.7.2.1
Subject Name: HD 53143
Credits: NASA, ESA, and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley)

Release Date: 2006-01-19T00:00:00
Lightyears: 60
Redshift: 60
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-05

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

Facility: Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor, Pseudocolor

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: V, Methane
Central Wavelength: 606, 892

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 104.99812500, -61.33583056
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Quality: Position
FITS Header
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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-p0605b-f-440x381.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0605b-f-440x381.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/05

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

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60 light years

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