Wide-field view of Messier 30 (ground-based image)

Esahubble_heic0918c_1024

esahubble_heic0918c December 23rd, 2009

Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

This wide-field image of the sky around the globular cluster Messier 30 was created from photographs forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Located about 28 000 light-years away from Earth, this cluster a swarm of several hundred thousand stars is about 90 light-years across. The field of view is approximately 2.9 degrees across.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0918c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Messier 30
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
Esahubble_heic0918c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 21h 40m 21.8s
DEC = -23° 10’ 39.7”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation
Capricornus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
Red DSS (None) Optical (R) -
Esahubble_heic0918c_1280
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ID
heic0918c
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
Messier 30
Credits
ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2009-12-23T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0918c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Red
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
325.090891979, -23.1777032046
Reference Dimension
10635.0, 10653.0
Reference Pixel
5317.5, 5326.5
Scale
-0.000280055850474, 0.000280055850474
Rotation
0.099999999999999978
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
heic0918c
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0918c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-12-17T11:50:58+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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