Wide-field image of the NGC 2808 region (ground-based image)

Esahubble_heic0708c_1024

esahubble_heic0708c May 2nd, 2007

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

The globular cluster NGC 2808 as seen in the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The image is a colour composite from DSS2 images, the field of view is 2.7x2.8 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0708c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 2808
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
Esahubble_heic0708c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 9h 12m 18.6s
DEC = -64° 55’ 39.9”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CW
Field of View
2.7 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation
Carina

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS (None) Optical (R) -
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
Esahubble_heic0708c_1280
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ID
heic0708c
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
NGC 2808
Credits
Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2007-05-02T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0708c/
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
138.077588275, -64.927737233
Reference Dimension
9779.0, 10179.0
Reference Pixel
4889.5, 5089.5
Scale
-0.00028044377753, 0.00028044377753
Rotation
-0.74000000000000021
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
heic0708c
Metadata Date
2007-04-27T09:59:13+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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