Leo IV Stars

Stsci_2012-26d_1024

stsci_2012-26d July 10th, 2012

Credit: NASA, ESA, and T. Brown (STScI)

A 2012 Hubble Space Telescope image of Leo IV.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2012/news-2012-26

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Leo IV
Subject - Local Universe
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Dark Matter
Galaxy > Size > Dwarf

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
500,000 light years
Stsci_2012-26d_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 32m 57.3s
DEC = 0° 30’ 58.2”
Orientation
North is 24.0° CW
Field of View
0.6 x 1.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Leo

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Orange Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
1-Jan-12
Spectrum_base
Blue
Orange
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ID
2012-26d
Subject Category
C.6.2.3   C.5.2.2  
Subject Name
Leo IV
Credits
NASA, ESA, and T. Brown (STScI)
Release Date
2012-07-10T00:00:00
Lightyears
500,000
Redshift
500,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2012/news-2012-26
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
500,000 light-years (150,000 parsecs)
Facility
Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Blue, Orange
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
V, I
Central Wavelength
606, 814
Start Time
2012-01-14T00:00:00, 2012-01-15T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
1
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
173.23880087270, -0.51616809907
Reference Dimension
1140.00, 2242.00
Reference Pixel
2331.67230389317, 543.12485032461
Scale
-0.00000833018, 0.00000833018
Rotation
-23.97322617507
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 782.06 1656.99 323.77 819.08 578.99 1589.32 537.91 138.08 891.99 1644.14 373.20 1184.35 1112.78 1630.54 432.07 1920.37 Center Pixel Coordinates: 570.00 173.25411567320 1121.00 -0.51772988818
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-p1226d-f-1140x2242.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1226d-f-1140x2242.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/26
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
500,000 light years

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