Globular cluster NGC 6752
esahubble_heic1903c January 31st, 2019
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Bedin et al.
This image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a part of the globular cluster NGC 6752. The observations were made to study white dwarfs within it and to use these stars to measure the age of the globular cluster. Analysing the data, astronomers discovered a previously unknown galaxy behind the globular cluster. The galaxy, nicknamed Bedin 1, is visible as a collection of faint stars at the top left of the image.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1903c/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic1903c
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.2
- Subject Name
- NGC 6752
- Credits
- ESA/Hubble, NASA, Bedin et al.
- Release Date
- 2019-01-31T16:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1903c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Cyan, Orange
- Band
- Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- V, I
- Central Wavelength
- 606, 814
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 287.625149992, -59.9085627594
- Reference Dimension
- 8583.0, 8070.0
- Reference Pixel
- 4291.5, 4035.0
- Scale
- -6.91313345444e-06, 6.91313345444e-06
- Rotation
- -47.160000000000082
- 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
- None
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- heic1903c
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1903c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2019-01-22T15:55:36+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
