Small region of ACS field reveals faint white dwarfs
A blow up of view of a small region of the Advanced Camera for Surveys field reveals very faint white dwarfs. The hotter dwarfs are 4 billion years old and the cooler dwarfs that are 6 billion years old.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, and L. Bedin (STScI)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0825d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 July 2008, 15:00 |
| Size: | 1434 x 926 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 6791 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open |
| Distance: | 13000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
