HST 01247+0352

stsci_1999-18c May 13th, 1999

Credit: Kavan Ratnatunga (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) and NASA/ESA

HST 01247+0352 is another pair of bluer lensed source images around the red spherical elliptical lensing galaxy. Two much fainter images can be seen near the detection limit which might make this a quadruple system.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-18

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: HST 01247+0352
Subject - Distant Universe: Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 24m 42.5s; DEC = 3° 51’ 22.9”
Orientation: North is 168.7° CCW
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Pisces

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm

ID: 1999-18c
Subject Category: D.6.2.1
Subject Name: HST 01247+0352
Credits: Kavan Ratnatunga (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1999-05-13T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-18

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Blue, Orange

Band: Optical, Infrared
Bandpass: V, I
Central Wavelength: 606, 814

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 21.17710583500, 3.85637222444
Reference Dimension: 64.00, 64.00

Reference Pixel: 352.86377970648, 294.73417917793
Scale: -0.00003852718, 0.00003852718
Rotation: 168.66556127151
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 711.09 613.54 23.78 37.96 718.51 622.30 32.60 31.97 726.93 628.02 43.94 28.35 Center Pixel Coordinates: 32.00 21.18494875897 32.00 3.86688406656

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Country: USA
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Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9918c-f-64x64.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9918c-f-64x64.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/18

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

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