Binary Star XZ Tauri (Frame 3)
This is how XZ Tauri looked in 2000.
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
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0032f |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 21 September 2000, 07:00 |
| Size: | 137 x 196 px |
About the Object
| Name: | XZ Tau |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Binary |
| Distance: | 140 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical R |
675 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
