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Screenshot of Hubblecast 69

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esahubble_ann1311a November 14th, 2013

Credit: NASA & ESA

Screenshot of Hubblecast 69: What has Hubble learned from star clusters?.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/ann1311a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: M 15 • Messier 15
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 21h 29m 58.2s; DEC = 12° 9’ 57.3”
Orientation: North is 9.8° CW
Field of View: 2.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Pegasus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (None)		-

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ID: ann1311a
Subject Category: B.3.6.4.2
Subject Name: M 15, Messier 15
Credits: NASA & ESA

Release Date: 2013-11-14T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/ann1311a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: None
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 322.492405203, 12.1659166463
Reference Dimension: 1920.0, 1080.0

Reference Pixel: 960.0, 540.0
Scale: -1.92558551522e-05, 1.92558551522e-05
Rotation: -9.8400000000000087
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: ann1311a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/ann1311a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2013-11-13T15:46:48+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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