The String of Pearls

Esahubble_opo9421b_1024

esahubble_opo9421b May 18th, 1994

Credit: N/A

This is the famous 'String of Pearls' image, where all the fragments of Shoemaker-Levy 9 is visible.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9421b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Shoemaker-Levy 9
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet

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  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) -
Esahubble_opo9421b_1280
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ID
opo9421b
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Shoemaker-Levy 9
Credits
N/A
Release Date
1994-05-18T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9421b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
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
opo9421b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:41:24+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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