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Area surrounding the Sunburst Arc (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic1920e November 7th, 2019

Credit: ESA/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

This wide field view of the night sky shows the region in which the galaxy nicknamed the Sunburst Arc is located.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1920e/

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: PSZ1 G311.65-18.48
Subject - Distant Universe: Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 15h 38m 17.8s; DEC = -78° 14’ 6.4”
Orientation: North is 6.8° CW
Field of View: 2.8 x 1.7 degrees
Constellation: Apus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (I)	825.0 nm
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	649.0 nm
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	479.5 nm

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Red

Yellow

Cyan

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ID: heic1920e
Subject Category: D.6.2.1
Subject Name: PSZ1 G311.65-18.48
Credits: ESA/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2019-11-07T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1920e/

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, Yellow, Cyan

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, B
Central Wavelength: 825, 649, 479.5

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 234.574073239, -78.2351063181
Reference Dimension: 9751.0, 6030.0

Reference Pixel: 6883.89355469, 2759.97369385
Scale: -0.000283258562039598, 0.000283261111413252
Rotation: -6.8155606919061
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: heic1920e

Resource URL: http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic1920e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2019-01-10T19:11:09+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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