Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
V838 Monocerotis |
| Object Description: |
Nova-like variable star and surrounding light echo |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 07h 04m 04.8s
Dec. -03° 50' 50" |
| Constellation: |
Monoceros |
| Distance: |
The star is ~20,000 light-years (~6 kiloparsecs) away. |
| Dimensions: |
This image is 2.5 arcminutes (14 light-years or 4.5 parsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from the following proposals:10618 and 10913: H. Bond (STScI), R. Wagner (University of Arizona), R. White (STScI), R. Corradi (Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos), L. Crause (University of Cape Town), M. Dopita (Australian National University), A. Henden (United States Naval Observatory), Z. Levay (STScI), U. Munari (Universita di Padova), N. Panagia (STScI/ESA), W. Sparks (STScI), S. Starrfield (Arizona State University), and B. Sugerman (STScI). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
Noviber 17, 2005 and Septiber 9, 2006 |
| Filters: |
F606W (V) and F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and H. Bond (STScI) |
| Release Date: |
October 26, 2006 |
| Color: |
This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the WFPC2 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Two filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
F606W (V) blue
V+I green
F814W (I) red |
| Orientation: |
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