A Familiar-Looking Messenger from Another Solar System

Multiple exposures centered on U1 combined into one image (top). The light from background stars is smeared out into streaks as the telescope follows U1 on the sky. Some of the streaks appear cut off, because the camera is a mosaic of many smaller detectors. If the stars are first masked out and the images then combined, U1 appears alone (bottom).

Credit:

R. Kotulla (University of Wisconsin) & WIYN/NOAO/AURA/NSF

About the Image

Id:noao1706a
Type:Collage
Release date:Nov. 15, 2017
Related releases:noao1706
Size:385 x 382 px

About the Object

Category:Solar System

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BandWave-lengthTele-scope
Optical
R
625 nmWIYN 3.5-meter Telescope
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