M15, NGC 7078

Stsci_1995-06c_1024

stsci_1995-06c November 8th, 1995

Credit: P. Guhathakurta (UCO/Lick Observatory, UC Santa Cruz), B. Yanny (Fermi National Accelerator Lab), D. Schneider (Pennsylvania State Univ.), J. Bahcall (Inst. for Advanced Study), and NASA.

A 1995 Hubble Space Telescope image of M15, NGC 7078.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-06

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M15 Individual Image
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
3,500 light years
Stsci_1995-06c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 21h 29m 58.4s
DEC = 12° 10’ 0.0”
Orientation
North is 44.0° CCW
Field of View
0.2 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Pegasus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (Near-UV) 336.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Optical) 439.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Optical) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Stsci_1995-06c_1280
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ID
1995-06c
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
M15 Individual Image
Credits
P. Guhathakurta (UCO/Lick Observatory, UC Santa Cruz), B. Yanny (Fermi National Accelerator Lab), D. Schneider (Pennsylvania State Univ.), J. Bahcall (Inst. for Advanced Study), and NASA.
Release Date
1995-11-08T00:00:00
Lightyears
3,500
Redshift
3,500
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-06
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in Lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Near-UV, Optical, Optical
Central Wavelength
336, 439, 606
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
322.49328377569, 12.16668041559
Reference Dimension
201.00, 201.00
Reference Pixel
57.85198300317, 88.30527565688
Scale
-0.00001279320, 0.00001279320
Rotation
44.03834495457
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 466.19 393.36 99.91 83.24 462.63 416.96 96.24 106.49 458.89 413.22 92.42 102.82 483.51 411.87 117.19 101.89 490.64 412.71 124.36 102.39 449.05 410.00 82.59 99.56 Center Pixel Coordinates: 100.50 322.49276761879 100.50 12.16643005951
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
Rights
http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-H-p9506c-f-201x201.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9506c-f-201x201.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1995/06
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
3,500 light years

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