Wide-field view of the sky around the exotic binary star system AR Scorpii

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esahubble_heic1616b July 27th, 2016

Credit: Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This wide-field image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 shows the rich starfields surrounding the exotic binary star system AR Scorpii.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1616b/

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
AR Scorpii
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Exotic
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 21m 47.5s
DEC = -22° 53’ 8.4”
Orientation
North is 1.1° CCW
Field of View
51.0 x 34.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Scorpius

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 660.0 nm
Green DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 660.0 nm
Green DSS (None) Optical (B) 467.5 nm
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) 467.5 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Green
Blue
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ID
heic1616b
Subject Category
B.3.2.6  
Subject Name
AR Scorpii
Credits
Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2016-07-27T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1616b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, R, B, B
Central Wavelength
660, 660, 467.5, 467.5
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
245.447746583, -22.8856679578
Reference Dimension
3000.0, 2000.0
Reference Pixel
2178.0, 2416.0
Scale
-0.00028337719199106928, 0.00028337719199106928
Rotation
1.08
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Position
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
heic1616b
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1616b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2016-07-25T11:47:22+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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