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Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy (ground-based view)

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esahubble_heic1719c November 27th, 2017

Credit: ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2

The Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy is one of the Milky Way’s neighbouring dwarf galaxies. Like all large galaxies, the Milky Way is thought to have formed from smaller galaxies in the early Universe. This image is composed from data from the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1719c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Size > Dwarf

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 0m 9.4s; DEC = -33° 42’ 31.5”
Orientation: North is 1.4° CCW
Field of View: 1.4 x 1.4 degrees
Constellation: Sculptor

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	658.0 nm
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	445.0 nm

Spectrum_base

Orange

Cyan

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ID: heic1719c
Subject Category: C.5.2.2
Subject Name: Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy
Credits: ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2017-11-27T17:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1719c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, B
Central Wavelength: 658, 445

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 15.039001, -33.708741
Reference Dimension: 5000.0, 5000.0

Reference Pixel: 2383.66130155, 2575.02625456
Scale: -0.00027971961, 0.00027971961
Rotation: 1.38823410558
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org
Name
Email

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: heic1719c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1719c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2010-02-12T11:54:49+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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