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HD 15115, July 17, 2006: Annotated

HD 15115, July 17, 2006: Annotated

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    02h 26m 16.27s
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    06° 17' 32.89"
  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Cetus
  • 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.
    150 light-years (45 parsecs)
  • Dimensions
    DimensionsThe physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky.
    This image is 23 arcseconds (roughly 1000 Astronomical Units) across.

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.
    This image was created from data from the HST proposal 10896: P. Kalas, J. Graham, M. Fitzgerald (University of California, Berkeley).
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>ACS/HRC
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    July 17, 2006, Exposure Time: 35 minutes
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    F606W (V)
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    HD 15115
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Star with Debris Disk
  • Release Date
    July 19, 2007
  • Science Release
    Astronomers Find Highly Elliptical Disk Around Young Star
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley)

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Compass and ScaleAn astronomical image with a scale that shows how large an object is on the sky, a compass that shows how the object is oriented on the sky, and the filters with which the image was made.

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Hubble Reveals Lopsided Debris Disk Around Star

Hubble Reveals Lopsided Debris Disk Around Star

This image taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a lopsided debris disk around the young star HD 15115. The disk, seen edge-on, is the dense blue line extending from the star to the upper right and lower left of the image. As seen from Earth, the edge-on disk resembles a...

HD 15115, July 17, 2006: Unannotated

HD 15115, July 17, 2006: Unannotated

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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