Beta Pictoris - Star with Disk - Not Annotated

stsci_2006-25b June 27th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, D. Golimowski (Johns Hopkins University), D. Ardila (IPAC), J. Krist (JPL), M. Clampin (GSFC), H. Ford (JHU), and G. Illingworth (UCO/Lick) and the ACS Science Team

A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Beta Pic.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-25

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Beta Pic
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk

Distance

63 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 47m 17.1s; DEC = -51° 3’ 59.5”
Constellation: Pictor

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS/HCR)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm
Hubble (ACS/HCR)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
Hubble (ACS/HCR)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm

ID: 2006-25b
Subject Category: B.3.7.2
Subject Name: Beta Pic
Credits: NASA, ESA, D. Golimowski (Johns Hopkins University), D. Ardila (IPAC), J. Krist (JPL), M. Clampin (GSFC), H. Ford (JHU), and G. Illingworth (UCO/Lick) and the ACS Science Team

Release Date: 2006-06-27T00:00:00
Lightyears: 63
Redshift: 63
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-25

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

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: ACS/HCR, ACS/HCR, ACS/HCR
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, V, I
Central Wavelength: 435, 606, 814

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 86.82116667, -51.06652778
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Quality: Position
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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/25

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

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

63 light years