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Globular cluster 47 Tucanae (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic0616d October 24th, 2006

Credit: ESA/Hubble (Davide De Martin), the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image of 47 Tucanae is a colour composite taken by the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), the field of view is 2.4x2.8 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0616d/

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: 47 Tucanae
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 23m 35.2s; DEC = -72° 6’ 22.6”
Orientation: North is 95.3° CCW
Field of View: 2.8 x 2.3 degrees
Constellation: Tucana

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS (None)	Optical (R)	-
	DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: heic0616d
Subject Category: B.3.6.4.2
Subject Name: 47 Tucanae
Credits: ESA/Hubble (Davide De Martin), the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2006-10-24T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0616d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: DSS, DSS
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, B
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 5.89658778217, -72.1062859049
Reference Dimension: 9856.0, 8329.0

Reference Pixel: 4928.0, 4165.0
Scale: -0.000280102652099, 0.000280102652099
Rotation: 95.336908099516521
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: heic0616d

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0616d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-10-20T09:51:47+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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