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Wide-Field View of Globular Cluster NGC 6397

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esahubble_heic2103e February 11th, 2021

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

Pictured here is the region around the globular cluster NGC 6397.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2103e/

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: NGC 6397
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 40m 42.3s; DEC = -53° 40’ 29.7”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View: 3.7 x 2.7 degrees
Constellation: Ara

Color Mapping

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

Spectrum_base

Cyan

Orange

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ID: heic2103e
Subject Category: B.3.6.4.2
Subject Name: NGC 6397
Credits: ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2021-02-11T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2103e/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

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

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 265.17638951525856, -53.674914753776115
Reference Dimension: 13357.0, 9792.0

Reference Pixel: 6678.5, 4896.0
Scale: -0.0002800772283759565, 0.0002800772283759565
Rotation: 0.21999999999999575
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: heic2103e

Resource URL: http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic2103e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2021-01-16T10:36:41+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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