Behind the Scenes of Recovering NASA's Hubble

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stsci_2018-61b November 27th, 2018

Credit: Image: NASA, ESA, and A. Shapley (UCLA)

In the early morning of October 27, 2018, the Hubble Space Telescope targeted a field of galaxies not far from the Great Square in the constellation Pegasus. Contained in the field were star-forming galaxies up to 11 billion light-years away. With the target in its sights, Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 recorded an image. It was the first picture captured by the telescope since it closed its eyes on the universe three weeks earlier, and it was the result of an entire team of engineers and experts working tirelessly to get the telescope exploring the cosmos once again.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2018/news-2018-61

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
DSF2237b
Subject - Local Universe
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 22h 39m 32.8s
DEC = 11° 49’ 44.5”
Orientation
North is 48.8° CCW
Field of View
2.3 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Pegasus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan Hubble (WFC3/IR) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Orange Hubble (WFC3/IR) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Cyan
Orange
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ID
2018-61b
Subject Category
C.6.1.1  
Subject Name
DSF2237b
Credits
Image: NASA, ESA, and A. Shapley (UCLA)
Release Date
2018-11-27T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2018/news-2018-61
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFC3/IR, WFC3/IR
Color Assignment
Cyan, Orange
Band
Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
J, H
Central Wavelength
1250, 1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value
339.88655763119, 11.82903658666
Reference Dimension
1065.00, 944.00
Reference Pixel
524.99041735445, 473.59870297865
Scale
-0.00003556254, 0.00003556254
Rotation
48.824329
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
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-p1861b-f-1065x944.tif
Metadata Date
2021-12-14T11:27-05:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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