Hubble finds infant stars in neighbouring galaxy

Esahubble_heic0502a_1024

esahubble_heic0502a January 12th, 2005

Credit: NASA, ESA and A. Nota (STScI/ESA)

The exquisite sharpness of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has plucked out an underlying population of infant stars embedded in the nebula NGC 346 that are still forming from gravitationally collapsing gas clouds. They have not yet ignited their hydrogen fuel to sustain nuclear fusion. The smallest of these infant stars is only half the mass of our Sun.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic0502a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 346
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Esahubble_heic0502a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 59m 7.5s
DEC = -72° 10’ 32.9”
Orientation
North is 1.3° CW
Field of View
4.4 x 4.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Tucana

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Red
Esahubble_heic0502a_1280
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ID
heic0502a
Subject Category
C.3.6.4  
Subject Name
NGC 346
Credits
NASA, ESA and A. Nota (STScI/ESA)
Release Date
2005-01-12T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/heic0502a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Blue, Red
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
V, I
Central Wavelength
555, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
-, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
14.7810897, -72.1757937
Reference Dimension
6555.0, 6995.0
Reference Pixel
3278.5, 3498.5
Scale
-1.11027592669e-05, 1.11159109963e-05
Rotation
-1.3
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
United States
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0502a
Resource URL
http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic0502a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2005-01-06T16:37:35-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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