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Wide field image of star cluster Messier 15 (ground-based view)

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esahubble_heic1321b November 14th, 2013

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image, from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, shows the sky around Messier 15, one of the oldest and densest globular clusters known.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1321b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei M√ºnchen, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: M 15 • Messier 15
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 21h 29m 58.4s; DEC = 12° 10’ 12.8”
Orientation: North is 0.3° CW
Field of View: 2.5 x 2.2 degrees
Constellation: Pegasus

Color Mapping

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

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ID: heic1321b
Subject Category: B.3.6.4.2
Subject Name: M 15, Messier 15
Credits: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2013-11-14T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1321b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

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

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 322.493321827, 12.1702182745
Reference Dimension: 8679.0, 7677.0

Reference Pixel: 4339.0, 3838.0
Scale: -0.000283131897646, 0.000283131897646
Rotation: -0.31999999999999995
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 M√ºnchen
State/Province

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

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1321b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1321b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2013-10-22T15:38:39+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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