Wide-field view of NGC 6752 (ground-based view)

Esahubble_heic1903d_1024

esahubble_heic1903d January 31st, 2019

Credit: ESA/Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This image shows a ground-based wide-field view of the region around NGC 6752 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1903d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 6752
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
Esahubble_heic1903d_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 19h 10m 50.2s
DEC = -59° 59’ 49.3”
Orientation
North is 1.6° CCW
Field of View
3.7 x 3.5 degrees
Constellation
Pavo

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (I) 825.0 nm
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) 479.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Cyan
Esahubble_heic1903d_1280
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ID
heic1903d
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
NGC 6752
Credits
ESA/Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2019-01-31T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1903d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
825, 649, 479
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
287.709263801, -59.9970207028
Reference Dimension
13174.0, 12465.0
Reference Pixel
6587.0, 6232.5
Scale
-0.000283358382583, 0.000283358382583
Rotation
1.5799999999999992
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1903d
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1903d.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2019-01-22T17:10:23+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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