Pluto System: March 2, 2006 (Red Filter)

stsci_2006-15f March 10th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute), H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team

A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of Pluto.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-15

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Image Details

Image Type: Planetary
Object Name: Pluto
Subject - Solar System: Interplanetary Body > Dwarf planet

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 45m 27.8s; DEC = -15° 51’ 35.2”
Constellation: Serpens

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS/HCR)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm

ID: 2006-15f
Subject Category: A.2.1
Subject Name: Pluto
Credits: NASA, ESA, A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute), H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team

Release Date: 2006-03-10T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-15

Type: Planetary
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: ACS/HCR
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: V
Central Wavelength: 606

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 266.36568750, -15.85978333
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0615f-f-512x512.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/15

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

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