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Compass and Scale Image for Protostar IRAS 20324+4057

CreditsNASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA)

Date
Jan 1, 2013
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2013-35-3234-image
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Credits

NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA)

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameIRAS 20324+4057
Object DescriptionProtostar in the Cygnus OB2 Association
R.A. Position20h 34m 14.11s
Dec. Position41° 8' 3.54"
ConstellationCygnus
Distance4,500 light-years (1,380 parsecs)
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe image was created from Hubble data from proposal : R. Sahai (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), M. Morris (UCLA), C.S. Contreras (CSIC/INTA), M. Claussen (Associated Universities, Inc.), and S. Salim (Indiana University). The science teams include: N. Wright, J. Drake, M. Guarcello, and L. Hora (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), J. Drew (University of Hertfordshire), R. Gutermuth (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), and K. Kraemer (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics/Boston College); and R. Sahai (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), M. Morris (UCLA), and M. Claussen (Associated Universities, Inc.).
InstrumentHST>ACS/WFC, and IPHAS>INT/WFC
Exposure DatesJuly 22, 2006
FiltersACS/WFC: F606W (V) and F814W (I) INT/WFC: H-alpha
About The Image
Color InfoNote: Hubble data of IRAS 20324+4057 have been combined with ground-based H-alpha observations taken in 2003 with the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) to create the composite image. This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the ACS instrument and the Isaac Newton Telescope. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths. 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: H-alpha Blue: F606W (V) Orange: F814W (I)

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