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Imagen de brújula/escala de la estrella de hipervelocidad HE 0437-5439

CreditsIllustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Science: NASA, ESA, O. Gnedin (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), and W. Brown (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass.)

Fecha
Jan 1, 2010
Misión
Hubble Space Telescope
ID de archivo
hubblesite-images-2010-19-2741-image
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Credits

Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);
Science: NASA, ESA, O. Gnedin (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), and W. Brown (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass.)

Detalles de la imagen

About The Object
Object NameHE 0437-5439
Object DescriptionHypervelocity Star
R.A. Position04h 38m 12.0s
Dec. Position-54° 33' 12.0"
ConstellationDorado
DistanceThe star is ~200,000 light-years from the galactic center.
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe image was created from Hubble data from proposals and : O. Gnedin (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), A. Gould, J.L. Prieto, and K. Stanek (Ohio State University), J. Anderson, H. Bond, M. Livio, E. Nelan (STScI), and W. Brown, M. Geller, S. Kenyon, and M. Kurtz (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics).
InstrumentHST>ACS/WFC
Exposure DatesJuly 8, 2006 and December 23, 2009, Exposure Time: 56 minutes
FiltersF850LP (z)
About The Image
Color InfoThis image was originally black and white and recorded only overall brightness. These brightness values were translated into a range of bluish hues. Such color "maps" can be useful in helping to distinguish subtly varying brightness in an image.

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