Hubble Sees Nearby Asteroids Photobombing Distant Galaxies
stsci_2017-33c November 2nd, 2017
Credit: NASA, ESA, and B. Sunnquist and J. Mack (STScI)
Photobombing asteroids from our solar system have snuck their way into this deep image of the universe taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. These asteroids are right around the corner in astronomical terms, residing roughly 160 million miles from Earth. Yet they’ve horned their way into this picture of thousands of galaxies scattered across space and time at inconceivably farther distances.
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Hubble (ACS/WFC) | Optical (B) | 435.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS/WFC) | Optical (V) | 606.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS/WFC) | Optical (R) | 814.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3/IR) | Infrared (Y) | 1.1 µm |
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Hubble (WFC3/IR) | Infrared (J) | 1.3 µm |
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Hubble (WFC3/IR) | Infrared (JH) | 1.4 µm |
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Hubble (WFC3/IR) | Infrared (H) | 1.6 µm |
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- 2017-33c
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- A.2.3 C.5.5.3
- Subject Name
- Abell 370
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and B. Sunnquist and J. Mack (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2017-11-02T00:00:00
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- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2017/news-2017-33
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- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
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- ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC, WFC3/IR, WFC3/IR, WFC3/IR, WFC3/IR
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- Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
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- B, V, R, Y, J, JH, H
- Central Wavelength
- 435, 606, 814, 1050, 1250, 1400, 1600
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- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
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- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
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- 39.97621013060, -1.58291092604
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- 2081.00, 2317.00
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- 549.53486751827, 1002.48028311519
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- -0.00001667560, 0.00001667560
- Rotation
- -27.91791169821
- 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
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
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- http://hubblesite.org
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- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
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- 410-338-4444
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- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
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- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
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- STSCI-H-p1733c-f-2081x2317.tif
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- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1733c-f-2081x2317.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2017-11-01T12:59:17-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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