COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection
Record
Title:
Astronomers Measure Mass of a Single Star ? First Since the Sun
Fast Facts:
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: MACHO-LMC-5, STAR-0516-7029 Object Description: Stellar Binary System/Microlensing Object Position (J2000): R.A. 5h 16m 41s Dec. -70° 29' 18" Constellation: Dorado Distance: The distance to the lensing object is 1,800 light-years (550pc). The distance to the object being lensed is that of the LMC: 160,000 light-years (50 kiloparsecs). About the Data Data Description: This image was created from HST observations from the following proposal: 9394: K. Cook, A. Drake, and S. Keller (Lawrence Livermore National Lab), and C. Nelson (UC Berkeley). The science team for this image release includes A. Gould (OSU), D. Bennett (U. Notre Dame) and D. Alves (Columbia U). Instrument: ACS/WFC Exposure Date(s): July 10/11, 2002; January 5, 2003 Exposure Time: 2 days Filters: F606W ("V") and F814W ("I") About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA and D. Bennett (University of Notre Dame) Release Date: July 15, 2004 Orientation: Astronomers Use Image to Measure Star's Mass [ http://imgsrc.hubbl… ]
note:
*News Release Number:*: STScI-2004-24d
facet_what:
COMPASS
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_when:
January 5, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-2004-24d
Release Date:
July 15, 2004 10:00 AM (EDT)
