STScI- PR00-35: Hubble Sees Bare Neutron Star Streaking Across Space

STScI-PR00-35
November 9, 2000

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About this Object

Name:	RX J185635-3754
Object Type	Neutron Star
Position (J2000):	R.A. 18^h 56^m 35.35^s Dec. -37° 54' 32.0"
Constellation:	Corona Australis
Magnitude:	V = 26
Distance:	About 200 light-years
Diameter:	12 miles (20 km)
Speed:	240,000 miles per hour (389,000 kilometers per hour)
Proper Motion:	1/3 of a second of arc per year

About the Data

Instrument:	WFPC2
Exposure Dates:	October 6, 1996, March 30, 1999, September 16, 1999
Total Exposure Time:	6 hours
Principal Astronomers:	F. Walter, J. Lattimer, M. Prakash, S. Wolk, L. Matthews, P. An (SUNY Stony Brook), R. Neuhaeuser (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik).

About this Image

Release Date:

November 9, 2000 1:00 p.m. (EST)

Colors/Filters:

F606W: V

Scale:

This image is 8.8 arcseconds (0.1 light-years) across.

Orientation:

North is down.
East is to the right.

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