Wide-field image of the sky around the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy

Esahubble_heic1719d_1024

esahubble_heic1719d November 27th, 2017

Credit: ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image of the sky around the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy was created from images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The galaxy appears as a small faint cloud, close to the centre of the image.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1719d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Size > Dwarf
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 1h 0m 2.2s
DEC = -33° 43’ 54.8”
Orientation
North is 1.3° CCW
Field of View
4.6 x 3.4 degrees
Constellation
Sculptor

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (I) 797.0 nm
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 660.0 nm
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) 467.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Cyan
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ID
heic1719d
Subject Category
C.5.2.2  
Subject Name
Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy
Credits
ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2017-11-27T17:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1719d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
797, 660, 467
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
15.009368939, -33.7318828419
Reference Dimension
16558.0, 12225.0
Reference Pixel
8279.0, 6112.5
Scale
-0.000280016497456, 0.000280016497456
Rotation
1.3200000000000003
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
heic1719d
Metadata Date
2015-08-24T10:01:17+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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