The multiple stellar system of WR 25
In WR 25 two of the stars are so close to each other that they look like a single object, but Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys shows them as two.
Credit:NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)
About the Image
Id: | heic0822c |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 25 November 2008, 14:00 |
Related releases: | heic0822 |
Size: | 900 x 657 px |
About the Object
Name: | WR 25 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Type : Wolf-Rayet Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Binary |
Distance: | 7500 light years |
Constellation: | Carina |
Category: | Stars |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 10 44 10.62 |
Position (Dec): | -59° 43' 11.47" |
Field of view: | 0.24 x 0.18 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 140.7° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |