Close-Up of Light Echo Around V838 Monocerotis (September 2006)

Stsci_2006-50d_1024

stsci_2006-50d October 26th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

A detailed look at the V838 Mon light echo from September 2006, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-50

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 > Dark
Star > Type > Variable > Nova
Star > Type > Variable

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
20,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (FK5)
RA = 7h 4m 5.9s
DEC = -3° 51’ 17.6”
Orientation
North is 98.3° CCW
Field of View
1.8 x 1.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Monoceros

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
November 2005, and September 2006 (shown below)
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Green
Red
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ID
2006-50d
Subject Category
B.4.2.3   B.3.2.1.5   B.3.2.1  
Subject Name
V838 Monocerotis
Credits
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2006-10-26T00:00:00
Lightyears
20,000
Redshift
20,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-50
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
The star is ~20,000 light-years (~6 kiloparsecs) away.
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
V, V, I, I
Central Wavelength
606, 606, 814, 814
Start Time
2005-10-24T00:00:00, 2005-10-24T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
N
Coordinate Frame
FK5
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
106.0246112589999967, -3.8548962283099999
Reference Dimension
2147.0000000000000000, 1824.0000000000000000
Reference Pixel
1788.4062500000000000, 708.6819610600000487
Scale
-0.0000138927849254, 0.0000138927849254
Rotation
98.2658895310901386
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
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-p0650d-f-2147x1824.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0650d-f-2147x1824.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/50
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
20,000 light years

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