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Campo estelar en M31 fotografiado por Hubble WFC3

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged the star field around the Cepheid variable V1 in M31. This two-color image shows individually resolved stars in the outer disk of the Andromeda Galaxy. The soft, brown swirls are dust lanes obscuring light from stars farther away from our lin...

Fecha
Jan 1, 2011
Misión
Hubble Space Telescope
ID de archivo
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The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged the star field around the Cepheid variable V1 in M31. This two-color image shows individually resolved stars in the outer disk of the Andromeda Galaxy. The soft, brown swirls are dust lanes obscuring light from stars farther away from our line of sight. The blue cluster towards the upper right of the image contains massive young stars that are emanating intense ultraviolet light. The Cepheid variable, V1, the first Cepheid ever found outside of our own galaxy, is a moderate-looking star in the lower left of the image.

Credits

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Detalles de la imagen

About The Object
Object NameM31-V1
Object DescriptionCepheid Variable Star V1 in M31
R.A. Position00h 41m 26.99s
Dec. Position41° 10' 6.0"
ConstellationAndromeda
DistanceAbout 2.5 million light-years (0.8 megaparsecs)
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe image was created from Hubble data from proposal : K. Noll (PI), Z. Levay, M. Mutchler, T. Borders, L. Frattare, M. Livio, C. Christian, D. Soderblom, and H. Bond (Hubble Heritage Team/STScI). Note:The Hubble Space Telescope observations of Hubble's Variable M31-V1 were made possible from ground-based data provided by the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO).
InstrumentHST>WFC3/UVIS
Exposure DatesDecember 2010 - January 2011, Exposure Time: 1.7 hours
FiltersF475X (Wide Blue) and F600LP (Long Pass)
About The Image
Color InfoThis image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument on HST. Several filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Cyan: F475X (Wide Blue) Orange: F600LP (Long Pass)

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