Wide-field image showing the region of WR 25 and Tr16-244
WR 25 and Tr16-244, at the bottom of the image, are 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. At the top of the image, a peculiar nebula with the shape of a "defiant" finger points towards WR25 and Tr16-244.
Credit:NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0822b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 25 November 2008, 14:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0822 |
| Size: | 3857 x 8630 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Tr16-244, WR 25 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star Milky Way : Star : Type : Wolf-Rayet |
| Distance: | 7500 light years |
| Constellation: | Carina |
| Category: | Stars |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 10 44 19.95 |
| Position (Dec): | -59° 41' 53.03" |
| Field of view: | 3.22 x 7.21 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 39.9° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical V | 550 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared I | 850 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |