Ground-based telescopic view of NGC 6791

Esahubble_opo0825b_1024

esahubble_opo0825b July 10th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, DSS, and L. Bedin (STScI)

This is a ground-based telescopic view of NGC 6791, located 13,300 light-years away in the constellation Lyra.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0825b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 6791
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Open
Esahubble_opo0825b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 19h 20m 56.4s
DEC = 37° 44’ 46.3”
Orientation
North is 1.1° CW
Field of View
30.3 x 38.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Lyra
Esahubble_opo0825b_1280
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ID
opo0825b
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.1  
Subject Name
NGC 6791
Credits
NASA, ESA, DSS, and L. Bedin (STScI)
Release Date
2008-07-10T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0825b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
I
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
290.235098659, 37.7462011808
Reference Dimension
1799.0, 2315.0
Reference Pixel
900.710632571, 1159.03311258
Scale
-0.000280381809645, 0.000280381809645
Rotation
-1.1399999999999797
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
opo0825b
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:03.677175
Metadata Version
1.1
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