Lone Black Hole Passes in Front of Star (Hubble View)

Esahubble_opo0003b_1024

esahubble_opo0003b January 13th, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA and Dave Bennett (University of Notre Dame, Indiana)

The Hubble Space Telescope clearly resolves a lensed star and yields its brightness.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0003b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
MACHO 96-BLG-05
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Black Hole
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing
Esahubble_opo0003b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 5m 2.4s
DEC = -27° 42’ 16.5”
Orientation
North is 15.5° CCW
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo0003b_1280
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ID
opo0003b
Subject Category
C.3.1.10   C.6.2.1  
Subject Name
MACHO 96-BLG-05
Credits
NASA/ESA and Dave Bennett (University of Notre Dame, Indiana)
Release Date
2000-01-13T18:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0003b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, V
Central Wavelength
814, 555
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
271.260178709, -27.7045739766
Reference Dimension
393.0, 393.0
Reference Pixel
196.5, 196.5
Scale
-6.33637713994e-06, 6.33637713994e-06
Rotation
15.520000000000033
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
opo0003b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:15:44+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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