The Pluto system on May 18, 2005

Esahubble_opo0519c_1024

esahubble_opo0519c October 31st, 2005

Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI), and the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team

These Hubble Space Telescope images, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys, reveal Pluto, its large moon Charon, and the planet's two new candidate satellites.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0519c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Charon Hydra Nix Pluto
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Satellite
Interplanetary Body > Dwarf planet

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Luminosity Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 475.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Luminosity
Red
Cyan
Esahubble_opo0519c_1280
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ID
opo0519c
Subject Category
A.1.4   A.2.1  
Subject Name
Charon, Hydra, Nix, Pluto
Credits
NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI), and the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team
Release Date
2005-10-31T18:45:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0519c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Luminosity, Red, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
V, V, B
Central Wavelength
606, 555, 475
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
400.0, 400.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo0519c
Metadata Date
2005-10-26T15:06:31-04:00
Metadata Version
1.0
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