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3C324

Stsci_1995-30b_1024

stsci_1995-30b August 7th, 1995

Credit: NASA and ESA

A 1995 Hubble Space Telescope image of 3C324.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-30

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: 3C324
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy

Distance

Universescale3

8,548,000,000 light years

Stsci_1995-30b_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 15h 49m 46.1s; DEC = 21° 25’ 3.4”
Orientation: North is 89.9° CCW
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Serpens

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (I)	791.0 nm

Spectrum_base

Red

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ID: 1995-30b
Subject Category: D.5
Subject Name: 3C324
Credits: NASA and ESA

Release Date: 1995-08-07T00:00:00
Lightyears: 8,548,000,000
Redshift: 8,548,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-30

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in Lightyears

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: I
Central Wavelength: 791

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 237.44211247944, 21.41760133389
Reference Dimension: 125.00, 225.00

Reference Pixel: 624.76087275917, 747.25168895086
Scale: -0.00001688536, 0.00001688536
Rotation: 89.93876192678
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 486.45 549.46 49.11 172.17 535.52 582.05 102.17 90.32 547.73 557.06 61.53 71.12 506.77 548.55 46.52 138.79 515.69 557.07 61.19 124.39 Center Pixel Coordinates: 62.50 237.45338282886 112.50 21.42709645720

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-p9530b-f-125x225.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9530b-f-125x225.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1995/30

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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