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Digitized Sky Survey Image of White Dwarf Stars in Hyades Cluster
The Hyades is the nearest open star cluster to our solar system, at 150 light-years from Earth. This image is a color composite of red- and blue-filter observations from the ground-based Digitized Sky Survey. The Hubble Space Telescope's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph was used to st...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2013
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2013-18-3179-image
The Hyades is the nearest open star cluster to our solar system, at 150 light-years from Earth. This image is a color composite of red- and blue-filter observations from the ground-based Digitized Sky Survey. The Hubble Space Telescope's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph was used to study the spectrum of two white dwarfs that are cluster members.
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NASA, STScI, the Digitized Sky Survey, and Z. Levay (STScI)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Hyades Cluster and WD 0431+126, WD 0421+162 (inset images) |
| Object Description | White dwarfs in the Hyades Cluster |
| R.A. Position | 04h 26m 52s.80 |
| Dec. Position | 15° 52' 12.00" |
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Distance | 150 light-years (46 parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : B. Gaensicke (University of Warwick), D. Koester (Universitat Kiel), J. Farihi (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge), and J. Girven (University of Warwick). |
| Instrument | DSS and HST>COS |
| Exposure Dates | February 17 and March 6, 2011, Exposure Time: 13 minutes (COS) |
| Filters | COS: G130M |
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