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HST 16309+8230

Stsci_1999-18i_1024

stsci_1999-18i May 13th, 1999

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

HST 16309+8230 is an edge-on disk-like galaxy (blue arc) which has been significantly distorted by the redder lensing elliptical galaxy.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

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

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: HST 16309+8230
Subject - Distant Universe: Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 30m 37.4s; DEC = 82° 29’ 51.8”
Orientation: North is 35.2° CW
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Minor

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	450.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm

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ID: 1999-18i
Subject Category: D.6.2.1
Subject Name: HST 16309+8230
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, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass: B, V, I
Central Wavelength: 450, 606, 814

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 247.65567137000, 82.49772942583
Reference Dimension: 62.00, 62.00

Reference Pixel: 176.48199800170, -328.01804008449
Scale: -0.00002785997, 0.00002785997
Rotation: -35.18718821990
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 770.86 870.78 30.77 31.70 764.58 870.16 25.44 26.91 770.17 860.70 36.63 23.84 Center Pixel Coordinates: 31.00 247.72034814600 31.00 82.50341458104

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-p9918i-f-62x62.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9918i-f-62x62.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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