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Protoplanetary Disk MWC 758 Scale and Compass
CreditsNASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Acknowlegment: NASA, ESA, ESO, M. Benisty et al. (University of Grenoble), R. Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Z. Zhu (Princeton University)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2015
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2015-40-3654-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);Acknowlegment: NASA, ESA, ESO, M. Benisty et al. (University of Grenoble), R. Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Z. Zhu (Princeton University)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | MWC 758 |
| Object Description | Young star with protoplanetary disk |
| R.A. Position | 05h 30m 27.53s |
| Dec. Position | 25° 19' 57.08" |
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Distance | 650 light-years (200 parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The science team comprises R. Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Z. Zhu, R. Rafikov, and J. Stone (Princeton University). The VLT image of MWC 758 is credited to NASA, ESA, ESO, M. Benisty et al. (University of Grenoble), R. Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Z. Zhu (Princeton University). |
| Instrument | ESO/VLT>SPHERE |
| Exposure Dates | December 5, 2014, and March 3, 2015 |
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