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Wide field image of PGC 6240 (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic1318b October 10th, 2013

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) shows elliptical galaxy PGC 6240 and its surroundings.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1318b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: PGC 6240
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Elliptical

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 40m 20.3s; DEC = -65° 30’ 46.9”
Orientation: North is 2.5° CCW
Field of View: 2.7 x 2.8 degrees
Constellation: Hydrus

Color Mapping

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

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ID: heic1318b
Subject Category: C.5.1.4
Subject Name: PGC 6240
Credits: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2013-10-10T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1318b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: from NED

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

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, None, B
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 25.0847795753, -65.5130374502
Reference Dimension: 9799.0, 9900.0

Reference Pixel: 4899.5, 4950.0
Scale: -0.000280286556839, 0.000280286556839
Rotation: 2.5399999999999987
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: None

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1318b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1318b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2013-05-29T09:56:08+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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