Star on a Hubble diet (ground-based image)

esahubble_heic0619e December 11th, 2006

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

Part of the constellation Scorpius centred on NGC 6357 which has star cluster Pismis 24 in its centre. This image is a colour composite taken by the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), the field of view is 3.8x3.3 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0619e/

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

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 25m 23.1s; DEC = -34° 13’ 44.0”
Orientation: North is 23.1° CW
Field of View: 3.8 x 3.3 degrees
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS (None)	Infrared (I)	-
DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: heic0619e
Subject Category: B.3.6.4
Subject Name: Cl Pismis 24, Pismis 24, Pismis 24-1
Credits: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2006-12-11T19:30:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0619e/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

Band: Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: I, B
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 261.346205089, -34.2288825662
Reference Dimension: 13445.0, 11645.0

Reference Pixel: 6722.5, 5822.5
Scale: -0.000280066210678, 0.000280066210678
Rotation: -23.059999999999981
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: heic0619e

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0619e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-12-01T11:06:32+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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