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Circumstellar Disk HD 61005

CreditsNASA, D. Hines (Space Science Institute, New Mexico Office in Corrales, New Mexico), and G. Schneider (University of Arizona)

Date
Jan 1, 2008
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2008-01-2230-image
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Credits

NASA, D. Hines (Space Science Institute, New Mexico Office in Corrales, New Mexico), and G. Schneider (University of Arizona)

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameHD 61005, The Moth
Object DescriptionStar with Circumstellar Structure
R.A. Position07h 35m 47.45s
Dec. Position-32° 12' 14.04"
ConstellationPuppis
Distance100 light-years or 31 parsecs
About The Data
Data DescriptionHST Proposal: D. Hines (Space Science Institute, New Mexico Office in Corrales, New Mexico). The science team comprises: D. Hines (Space Science Institute, New Mexico Office in Corrales, New Mexico), G. Schneider (University of Arizona) , D. Hollenbach (NASA Ames), E. Mamajek (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), L. Hillenbrand (California Institute of Technology), S. Metchev (University of California, Los Angeles), M. Meyer (University of Arizona), J . Carpenter (California Institute of Technology), A. Moro-Martin (Princeton University), M. Silverstone (Eureka Scientific, Cary, NC), J. Serena Kim (University of Arizona), and T. Henning, J. Bouwman, and S. Wolf (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany).
InstrumentHST>NICMOS
Exposure DatesNovember 20, 2005; June 18, 2006, Exposure Time: 1.3 hours
FiltersF110W (J-band)

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