STScI- VID00-32: Movies from Hubble Show the Changing Faces of Infant Stars

STScI-VID00-32
September 21, 2000

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XZ Tauri

About this Object

Name:	XZ Tauri
Object Type:	T Tauri Star; Binary Star System
Position (J2000):	R.A. 04^h 31^m 40.0 ^s Dec. 18° 13' 58"
Constellation:	Taurus
Magnitude:	R = 13 mag; I = 12 mag
Dimensions:	Bubble Length = 5 arcseconds

About the Data

Instrument:	WFPC2
Exposure Dates:	January 1995, March 1998, February 1999, February 2000

About this Image

Photo Credit:	NASA, John Krist (Space Telescope Science Institute), Karl Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jeff Hester (Arizona State University), Chris Burrows (European Space Agency/Space Telescope Science Institute)
Release:	September 21, 2000 1:00 a.m. (EDT)
Filter:	R band (F675W)
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Reference

Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Imaging of XZ Tauri:Time Evolution of a Herbig-Haro Bow Shock
Krist, et. al., ApJ 515 L35 (1999)

HH 30

About this Object

Name:	HH 30
Object Type:	Herbig-Haro Object
Position (J2000):	R.A. 04^h 31^m 37.6^s Dec. 18° 12' 26"
Constellation:	Taurus
Magnitude:	V = 19.5 mags
Dimensions:	Disk diameter: 450 AU Astronomical Units

About the Data

Instrument:	WFPC2
Exposure Dates:	January 1995, March 1998, February 1999, February 2000

About this Image

Photo Credit:	NASA, Alan Watson (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), Karl Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), John Krist and Chris Burrows (European Space Agency/Space Telescope Science Institute)
Release:	September 21, 2000 1:00 a.m. (EDT)
Filter:	R band (F675W)
Orientation:

Reference

A Variable Asymmetry in the Circumstellar Disk of HH 30
Stapelfeldt, et. al., ApJ 516 L95 (1999)

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