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Circumstellar Disk HD 61005

Circumstellar Disk HD 61005

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    07h 35m 47.45s
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    -32° 12' 14.04"
  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Puppis
  • Distance
    DistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
    100 light-years or 31 parsecs

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
    HST Proposal: 10527 D. Hines (Space Science Institute, New Mexico Office in Corrales, New Mexico). The science team comprises: D. Hines (Space Science Institute, New Mexico Office in Corrales, New Mexico), G. Schneider (University of Arizona) , D. Hollenbach (NASA Ames), E. Mamajek (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), L. Hillenbrand (California Institute of Technology), S. Metchev (University of California, Los Angeles), M. Meyer (University of Arizona), J . Carpenter (California Institute of Technology), A. Moro-Martin (Princeton University), M. Silverstone (Eureka Scientific, Cary, NC), J. Serena Kim (University of Arizona), and T. Henning, J. Bouwman, and S. Wolf (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany).
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>NICMOS
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    November 20, 2005; June 18, 2006, Exposure Time: 1.3 hours
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    F110W (J-band)
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    HD 61005, The Moth
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Star with Circumstellar Structure
  • Release Date
    January 10, 2008
  • Science Release
    Circumstellar Dust Takes Flight in ‘The Moth’
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, D. Hines (Space Science Institute, New Mexico Office in Corrales, New Mexico), and G. Schneider (University of Arizona)

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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