Wolf-Rayet 140 (MIRI)
stsci_2022-505a September 12th, 2022
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, JPL-Caltech
Shells of cosmic dust created by the interaction of binary stars appear like tree rings around Wolf-Rayet 140. The remarkable regularity of the shells’ spacing indicates that they form like clockwork during the stars’ eight-year orbit cycle, when the two members of the binary make their closest approach to one another. In this image, blue, green, and red were assigned to Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) data at 7.7, 15, and 21 microns (F770W, F1500W, and F2100W filters, respectively).
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-505
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Image Details
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Color Mapping
- ID
- 2022-505a
- Subject Category
- B.3.2.4
- Subject Name
- WR 140
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, JPL-Caltech
- Release Date
- 2022-09-12T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 5,600
- Redshift
- 5,600
- Reference Url
- https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-505
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Webb, Webb, Webb
- Instrument
- MIRI, MIRI, MIRI
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 770, 1500, 2100
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 305.10886945716, 43.85545598518
- Reference Dimension
- 1098.00, 733.00
- Reference Pixel
- 531.22464021149, 552.08025957228
- Scale
- -0.00003079958, 0.00003079958
- Rotation
- 86.67038804713
- 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
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://stsci.edu
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://stsci.edu/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-J-p22505a-f-2258x1558.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2022-505/STSCI-J-p22505a-f-2258x1558.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2022-10-12T10:16:18-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
