Binary Star XZ Tauri (Frame 2)
This is how XZ Tauri looked in 1998.
Credit:NASA, John Krist ( Space Telescope Science Institute), Karl Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jeff Hester (Arizona State University), Chris Burrows (European Space Agency/ Space Telescope Science Institute).
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | XZ Tau |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Binary |
| Distance: | 140 light years |
| Category: | Stars |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical R | 675 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |