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Globular Cluster NGC 6397

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esahubble_opo9441d October 17th, 1994

Credit: Guido de Marchi, ESA, F. Paresce and NASA

This is an image of the globular cluster NGC 6397, one of the nearest and densest agglomerations of stars to Earth. The cluster is located 7.200 light-years away in the southern constellation Ara, and is one of 150 such objects which orbit our Milky Way Galaxy.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9441d/

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: NGC 6397
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm

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ID: opo9441d
Subject Category: B.3.6.4.2
Subject Name: NGC 6397
Credits: Guido de Marchi, ESA, F. Paresce and NASA

Release Date: 1994-10-17T18:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9441d/

Type: Observation
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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: V
Central Wavelength: 606

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Reference Dimension: 763.0, 749.0

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9441d

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9441d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:42:26+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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