Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Herbig-Haro 32 • HH 32 |
| Object Description:
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Herbig-Haro Object |
| Position (J2000):
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R.A. 19h 20m 33.13s
Dec. +11° 01' 20.09" |
| Constellation:
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Aquila |
| Distance: |
300 pc (960 light-years) from Earth |
| Dimensions: |
The image is 1.6 arcminutes on the vertical side. The end of the
optical jet is 40" (~12,000 AU) from the central star. The total length
of the bipolar outflow is about 0.17 parsecs or 0.54 light-years. |
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About the Data
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| Instrument:
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WFPC2 |
| Exposure
Date: |
August 25, 1994 |
| Exposure
Time: |
3.8 hours |
| Filters:
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Red: F675W (R), Green: F656N (H-alpha), Blue: F673N ([S II]) |
| Principal
Astronomers: |
S. Curiel, Jorge Cantó, Alejandro Raga (Instituto de Astronomía,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Alberto
Noriega-Crespo (IPAC), and collaborators.
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| About this Image |
| Image
Credit: |
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
| Release
Date: |
October 7, 1999 12:00 pm EDT |
| Orientation:
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North is toward the left of the image. |
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