Wide field image of the Jewel Box (ground-based image)
esahubble_heic0913c October 29th, 2009
Credit: ESO
This image of the well-known NGC 4755 cluster or Jewel Box was taken with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory. It highlights the cluster and its rich surroundings in all their multicoloured glory. The field of view is 20 arcminutes across. The picture is based on images obtained through B, V and I filters.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0913c/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic0913c
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.1
- Subject Name
- NGC 4755
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2009-10-29T10:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0913c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 193.414215397, -60.3643130318
- Reference Dimension
- 5130.0, 5130.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2565.0, 2565.0
- Scale
- -6.60876293339e-05, 6.60876293339e-05
- Rotation
- 0.1
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- heic0913c
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0913c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-10-26T13:45:55+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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