HST/WFPC2 Image with Location of Pulsar

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esahubble_opo0319i July 10th, 2003

Credit: NASA/ESA and H. Richer (University of British Columbia)

The green circle in the image marks the location of a pulsar orbited by the oldest known planet. Links: NASA press release Globular Cluster M4 - NOAO Ground-Based Image The Milky Way and Scorpius Constellation (ground-based image) Globular cluster M4, NOAO Detail from HST/WFPC2 with Location of Pulsar

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0319i/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
B 1620+26 Messier 4 NGC 6121
Subject - Milky Way
Planet > Special Cases > Pulsar planet
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 23m 38.9s
DEC = -26° 32’ 20.0”
Orientation
North is 55.2° CW
Field of View
1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Scorpius

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 336.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo0319i
Subject Category
B.1.3.3   B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
B 1620+26, Messier 4, NGC 6121
Credits
NASA/ESA and H. Richer (University of British Columbia)
Release Date
2003-07-10T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0319i/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/0067-0049/155/2/551/fulltext
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
I, V, U
Central Wavelength
814, 555, 336
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
245.911954228, -26.5388864083
Reference Dimension
2112.0, 2115.0
Reference Pixel
1056.0, 1057.5
Scale
-9.19020481204e-06, 9.19020481204e-06
Rotation
-55.180000000000042
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
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0319i
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:27:45+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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