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

Image Details 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 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 Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (I) 825.0 nm
Yellow DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) 479.5 nm
Spectrum_base
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
Lightyears
Redshift
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
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
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
Metadata Date
2019-01-10T19:11:09+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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