Bat Shadow (2018 Observation)
This image shows only the feature which was nicknamed the Bat Shadow. It is the shadow of a protoplanetary disc orbiting the star in the centre of the image.
Credit:NASA, ESA, K. Pontoppidan
About the Image
Id: | heic2012a |
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Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 25 June 2020, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic2012 |
Size: | 3937 x 3485 px |
About the Object
Name: | HBC 672 |
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Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary |
Constellation: | Serpens Cauda |
Category: | Stars |
Wallpapers
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 18 29 58.91 |
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Position (Dec): | 1° 14' 23.20" |
Field of view: | 1.97 x 1.74 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 12.0° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Infrared J | 1.25 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Infrared Fe II | 1.64 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |