Close Up of Ancient, White Dwarf Stars in the Milky Way Galaxy

Stsci_2002-10d_1024

stsci_2002-10d April 24th, 2002

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

A 2002 Hubble Space Telescope image of M4, NGC 6121.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2002/news-2002-10

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M4 • NGC 6121
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
Star > Evolutionary Stage > White Dwarf

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
5,600 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 23m 57.9s
DEC = -26° 32’ 29.0”
Orientation
North is 56.8° CW
Field of View
0.5 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Scorpius

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 336.0 nm
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Grayscale
Grayscale
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ID
2002-10d
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2   B.3.1.7  
Subject Name
M4, NGC 6121
Credits
NASA and H. Richer (University of British Columbia)
Release Date
2002-04-24T00:00:00
Lightyears
5,600
Redshift
5,600
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2002/news-2002-10
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in Lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Grayscale, Grayscale, Grayscale
Band
Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
U, V, I
Central Wavelength
336, 555, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
245.99122703917, -26.54139372611
Reference Dimension
1024.00, 1024.00
Reference Pixel
-719.29631100026, 70.82658920316
Scale
-0.00000831010, 0.00000831010
Rotation
-56.76138420081
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 1186.18 600.43 604.97 458.67 1195.02 557.22 731.50 407.27 1204.39 613.53 597.06 581.25 1139.05 660.85 385.37 447.40 1172.75 678.38 396.79 562.64 1205.54 698.59 403.59 672.67 1139.68 550.40 652.57 254.55 Center Pixel Coordinates: 512.00 245.98796215547 512.00 -26.52918202421
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-p0210d-f-1024x1024.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0210d-f-1024x1024.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2002/10
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
5,600 light years

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