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Wide-field image of Westerlund 2 (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic1509b April 23rd, 2015

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows star cluster Westerlund 2 and its surroundings. A new image of Westerlund 2 was released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1509b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Westerlund 2
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster; Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region; Star > Grouping > Binary

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 10h 23m 43.2s; DEC = -57° 48’ 43.0”
Orientation: North is 3.1° CCW
Field of View: 1.4 x 1.2 degrees
Constellation: Carina

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (I)	825.0 nm
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	649.0 nm

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Cyan

Orange

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ID: heic1509b
Subject Category: B.3.6.4 B.4.2.1.1 B.3.6.1
Subject Name: Westerlund 2
Credits: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2015-04-23T15:15:00
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Reference Url: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1509b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Cyan, Orange

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R
Central Wavelength: 825, 649

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 155.929977788, -57.8119455549
Reference Dimension: 4981.0, 4310.0

Reference Pixel: 2490.5, 2155.0
Scale: -0.000280159563784, 0.000280159563784
Rotation: 3.0600000000000009
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: https://esahubble.org
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Email

Telephone
Address: ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: United States
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1509b

Resource URL: http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic1509b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2015-02-16T15:02:36+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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