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Star on a Hubble diet

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esahubble_heic0619c December 11th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesœs Maz Apellÿniz (Instituto de astrofsica de Andaluca, Spain). Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble )

Looking closer at Pismis 24-1 with Hubble's ACS High Resolution Channel: it becomes clear that it is in reality two stars.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0619c/

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: Cl Pismis 24 • Pismis 24 • Pismis 24-1
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 24m 44.1s; DEC = -34° 12’ 0.4”
Orientation: North is 171.9° CCW
Field of View: 0.5 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (Z)	-
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (R)	-
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (Pseudogreen)	-
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	-

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ID: heic0619c
Subject Category: B.3.6.4
Subject Name: Cl Pismis 24, Pismis 24, Pismis 24-1
Credits: NASA, ESA and Jesœs Maz Apellÿniz (Instituto de astrofsica de Andaluca, Spain). Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble )

Release Date: 2006-12-11T19:30:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0619c/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Red, Orange, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: Z, R, Pseudogreen, V
Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 261.183909559, -34.2001112101
Reference Dimension: 1142.0, 1271.0

Reference Pixel: 571.0, 635.5
Scale: -6.94489698223e-06, 6.94489698223e-06
Rotation: 171.91999999999996
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: heic0619c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0619c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-12-07T13:30:07+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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