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AG Carinae Compass
Image of AG Carinae, with compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference. The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky. Note that the relationship between north and east on the sky (as seen from below) is flipped relative to direction arr...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2021
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2021-017-01f3n8x6rzk6dc3yk6d8gwk35w
Image of AG Carinae, with compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference.
The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky. Note that the relationship between north and east on the sky (as seen from below) is flipped relative to direction arrows on a map of the ground (as seen from above).
The color key shows which filters from Hubble's WFC3 (Wide Field Camera 3) instrument were used when collecting the light.
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NASA, ESA, STScI
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | AG Carinae, AG Car, HD 94910 |
| Object Description | Luminous blue variable |
| R.A. Position | 10:56:11.28 |
| Dec. Position | -60:27:8.91 |
| Constellation | Carina |
| Distance | Approximately 20,000 light-years away from Earth. |
| Dimensions | Nebula is approximately 5 light-years across. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The HST observations include those from program (C. Britt/STScI). |
| Instrument | WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | 3 January 2021, 24-25 February 2021 |
| Filters | F275W, F547M, F657N, F845M |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3/UVIS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample narrow 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: Blue: F275W Cyan: F547M Orange: F657N Red: F845M |
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