Ground-based image of Sirius (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic0516f December 13th, 2005

Credit: Akira Fujii

This ground-based image was taken by Japanese amateur astronomer Akira Fujii and shows a close-up of Sirius.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0516f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Sirius
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Main Sequence
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 6h 45m 7.7s
DEC = -16° 41’ 17.2”
Orientation
North is 9.4° CW
Field of View
1.7 x 2.2 degrees
Constellation
Canis Major
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ID
heic0516f
Subject Category
B.3.1.3  
Subject Name
Sirius
Credits
Akira Fujii
Release Date
2005-12-13T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0516f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
P
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
101.281881866, -16.688105296
Reference Dimension
2547.0, 3272.0
Reference Pixel
1273.5, 1636.0
Scale
-0.000658577864367, 0.000658577864367
Rotation
-9.3999999999999968
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0516f
Metadata Date
2005-12-12T10:45:35+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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