A Dying Star in a Different Light

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wise_WISE2010-041b November 17th, 2010

Credit: Caltech/Palomar

This visible-light image is from the Digitized Sky Survey, based at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md. The object, NGC 1514 is actually a pair of stars -- one star is a dying giant somewhat heavier and hotter than our sun, and the other was an even larger star that has now contracted into a dense body called a white dwarf. As the giant star ages, it sheds some its outer layers of material to form a large bubble around the two stars. Jets of material from the white dwarf are thought to have smashed into this bubble wall.

Provider: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

Image Source: /image/wise/WISE2010-041b

Curator: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Berkeley, CA, USA

Image Use Policy: Pulic Domain

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1514
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
815 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 9m 17.0s
DEC = 30° 46’ 33.4”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
60.0 x 60.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Taurus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan Palomar (Oschin) Optical (B-band) 440.0 nm
Red Palomar (Oshin) Optical (R-band) 700.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Cyan
Red
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ID
WISE2010-041b
Subject Category
B.4.1.3.  
Subject Name
NGC 1514
Credits
Caltech/Palomar
Release Date
2010-11-17
Lightyears
815
Redshift
Reference Url
/image/wise/WISE2010-041b
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Michael E. Ressler et al 2010 The Astronomical Journal 140 1882
Facility
Palomar, Palomar
Instrument
Oschin, Oshin
Color Assignment
Cyan, Red
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B-band, R-band
Central Wavelength
440, 700
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
62.320792, 30.775956
Reference Dimension
2618, 2618
Reference Pixel
1309.5, 1309.5
Scale
-0.0003819444391411, 0.0003819444391411
Rotation
0
Coordinate System Projection:
SIN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
URL
http://wise.astro.ucla.edu
Name
Email
outreach@ssl.berkeley.edu
Telephone
Address
7 Gauss Way
City
Berkeley
State/Province
CA
Postal Code
94720
Country
USA
Rights
Pulic Domain
Publisher
Publisher ID
wise
Resource ID
Resource URL
/image/wise/WISE2010-041b
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2018-01-11T02:45:50Z
Metadata Version
1.2
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