Nearby Quasar 3C 273
stsci_2003-03a January 9th, 2003
Credit: NASA, M. Clampin (STScI), H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCO/Lick Observatory), J. Krist (STScI), D. Ardila (JHU), D. Golimowski (JHU), the ACS Science Team, J. Bahcall (IAS) and ESA
A 2003 Hubble Space Telescope image of 3C 273.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2003/news-2003-03
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 2003-03a
- Subject Category
- C.5.3.2.1
- Subject Name
- 3C 273
- Credits
- NASA, M. Clampin (STScI), H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCO/Lick Observatory), J. Krist (STScI), D. Ardila (JHU), D. Golimowski (JHU), the ACS Science Team, J. Bahcall (IAS) and ESA
- Release Date
- 2003-01-09T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 1,900,000,000
- Redshift
- 1,900,000,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2003/news-2003-03
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in Lightyears
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared
- Bandpass
- g, OIII, V, I
- Central Wavelength
- 475, 502, 606, 814
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 187.27760026516, 2.05267637889
- Reference Dimension
- 851.00, 1065.00
- Reference Pixel
- 408.38794450081, 580.22730670528
- Scale
- -0.00000694515, 0.00000694515
- Rotation
- -21.48294438846
- 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 1068.00 1196.51 551.50 1022.62 1081.85 1133.51 587.15 969.49 1098.45 1126.03 605.32 970.19 720.28 807.88 367.79 533.60 974.73 372.21 768.38 223.08 Center Pixel Coordinates: 425.50 187.27737203686 532.50 2.05241798798
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://hubblesite.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- 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-p0303a-f-851x1065.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0303a-f-851x1065.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2003/03
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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