Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star (September 2002 image)
This is the second in a sequence of four pictures from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys that dramatically demonstrates the echoing of light through space caused by an unusual stellar outburst in January 2002.
The image was taken 2 September 2002. The image is combined from exposures taken through blue (B), green (V), and infrared (I) filters.
Credit:NASA, European Space Agency, and H.E. Bond (STScI
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About the Image
| Id: | heic0304c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 26 March 2003, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0304 |
| Size: | 1651 x 1651 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 07015-0346, V838 Mon |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable |
| Distance: | 20000 light years |
| Constellation: | Monoceros |
| Category: | Stars |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 7 4 4.89 |
| Position (Dec): | -3° 50' 50.26" |
| Field of view: | 1.38 x 1.38 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
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