Globular Cluster M15

Stsci_2002-18b_1024

stsci_2002-18b September 17th, 2002

Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

A 2002 Hubble Space Telescope image of M15.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2002/news-2002-18

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
M15
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
32,600 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 21h 29m 57.5s
DEC = 12° 10’ 9.3”
Orientation
North is 10.3° CW
Field of View
1.0 x 1.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Pegasus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (OIII) 502.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Strömgren y) 547.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Ha) 656.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Green
Red
Red
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ID
2002-18b
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
M15
Credits
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2002-09-17T00:00:00
Lightyears
32,600
Redshift
32,600
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2002/news-2002-18
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in Lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Green, Red, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
B, OIII, Strömgren y, Ha, I
Central Wavelength
439, 502, 547, 656, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
322.48976956583, 12.16925979861
Reference Dimension
585.00, 865.00
Reference Pixel
398.95329165643, 551.24328496146
Scale
-0.00002770509, 0.00002770509
Rotation
-10.27493948015
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 845.48 953.10 336.02 357.70 847.70 1008.45 327.99 412.30 814.93 916.87 311.94 315.95 691.95 981.81 178.43 357.31 721.09 1051.17 194.84 431.03 Center Pixel Coordinates: 292.50 322.49212380492 432.50 12.16550732450
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-p0218b-f-585x865.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0218b-f-585x865.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2002/18
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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32,600 light years

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