Mammoth stars seen by Hubble
The image shows a pair of colossal stars, WR 25 and Tr16-244, located within the open cluster Trumpler 16. This cluster is embedded within the Carina Nebula, an immense cauldron of gas and dust that lies approximately 7500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Carina, the Keel. WR 25 is the brightest, situated near the centre of the image. The neighbouring Tr16-244 is the third brightest, just to the upper left of WR 25. The second brightest, to the left of WR 25, is a low mass star located much closer to the Earth than the Carina Nebula.
Credit:NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)
About the Image
Id: | heic0822a |
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Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 25 November 2008, 14:00 |
Related releases: | heic0822 |
Size: | 3854 x 3990 px |
About the Object
Name: | Tr16-244, WR 25 |
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Type: | Milky Way : Star Milky Way : Star : Type : Wolf-Rayet Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open |
Distance: | 7500 light years |
Constellation: | Carina |
Category: | Nebulae Star Clusters |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 10 44 10.09 |
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Position (Dec): | -59° 43' 22.20" |
Field of view: | 3.22 x 3.33 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 39.9° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical V | 550 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Infrared I | 850 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |