Hubble image archive
Compass/Scale Image of Hypervelocity Star 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.)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2010
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2010-19-2741-image
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.)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | HE 0437-5439 |
| Object Description | Hypervelocity Star |
| R.A. Position | 04h 38m 12.0s |
| Dec. Position | -54° 33' 12.0" |
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Distance | The star is ~200,000 light-years from the galactic center. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The 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). |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Dates | July 8, 2006 and December 23, 2009, Exposure Time: 56 minutes |
| Filters | F850LP (z) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | This 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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