Dracula’s Chivito (IRAS 23077+6707) Compass Image

Image of Dracula's Chivito captured by Hubble's WFC3 instrument, with compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference.The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky. Note that the relationship between north and east on the sky (as seen from below) is flipped relative to direction arrows on a map of the ground (as seen from above).The scale bar is labeled in astronomical units, which is the average distance of the Earth from the Sun. One astronomical unit is equal to about 93 million miles, or 150 million kilometers. The scale bar is also labeled in arcseconds, which is 1/3,600th of one degree on the sky. The color key shows which Hubble filters were used when collecting the light. The color of each filter name is the color used to represent the light that passes through that filter.The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky. Note that the relationship between north and east on the sky (as seen from below) is flipped relative to direction arrows on a map of the ground (as seen from above).The scale bar is labeled in astronomical units, which is the average distance of the Earth from the Sun. One astronomical unit is equal to about 93 million miles, or 150 million kilometers. The scale bar is also labeled in arcseconds, which is 1/3,600th of one degree on the sky. The color key shows which Hubble filters were used when collecting the light. The color of each filter name is the color used to represent the light that passes through that filter.The Hubble observations include those from program 17751 (K. Monsch)

Image Description: Image titled "Dracula's Chivito, IRAS 23077+6707, H S T W F C 3 UVIS plus I R". Near the center is an object that resembles an edge-on view of a hamburger. There is a diagonal dark strip (the meat patty) of dust, running from 1 o’clock to 7 o’clock, that obscures a central star. Curving away from either side of the dark strip are glowing white clouds (the buns) where dust is reflecting starlight. Bright blue finger-like wisps of material extend far above and below the dark center plane. A few dozen stars, some with four diffraction spikes, are scattered on the black background of space. At upper left is blue text reading F438W + F606W, green text reading F814W + F105W, and red text reading F125W + F160W. At bottom left is a scale bar labeled 1500 A U and 5 arcseconds. At bottom right, an arrow labeled E points to the left and an arrow labeled N points up.