Central region of our HST image of NGC 7252

esahubble_opo9734u October 21st, 1997

Credit: B. Whitmore (STScI)

In NGC 7252, where we had discovered ~40 globular clusters with the Hubble before its refurbishment, we have recently discovered ~500 globulars with the refurbished telescope. Each of bluish pointlike sources is a likely globular.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9734u/

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: IRAS 22179-2455 • NGC 7252
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Irregular

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 20m 44.9s; DEC = -24° 40’ 45.9”
Orientation: North is 71.8° CCW
Field of View: 0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Aquarius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	439.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Ultraviolet (U)	336.0 nm

ID: opo9734u
Subject Category: C.5.1.6
Subject Name: IRAS 22179-2455, NGC 7252
Credits: B. Whitmore (STScI)

Release Date: 1997-10-21T19:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9734u/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from NED

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass: I, V, B, U
Central Wavelength: 814, 555, 439, 336

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 335.187228016, -24.6794100914
Reference Dimension: 350.0, 310.0

Reference Pixel: 175.0, 155.0
Scale: -2.05763069817e-05, 2.05763069817e-05
Rotation: 71.779999999999987
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9734u

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9734u.jpg
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Metadata Date: 2019-10-07T11:41:31.576876
Metadata Version: 1.1

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