Blue Stragglers in Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae

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esahubble_opo9735b October 29th, 1997

Credit: Rex Saffer (Villanova University) and Dave Zurek (STScI), and NASA/ESA

This ground-based telescope image shows the entire crowded core of 47 Tucanae, located 15, 000 light-years away in the constellation Tucana.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9735b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
47 Tucanae NGC 104
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Blue Straggler
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 24m 5.2s
DEC = -72° 4’ 39.5”
Orientation
North is 6.9° CW
Field of View
13.2 x 13.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Tucana
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ID
opo9735b
Subject Category
B.3.2.5   B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
47 Tucanae, NGC 104
Credits
Rex Saffer (Villanova University) and Dave Zurek (STScI), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-10-29T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9735b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
T
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
6.02174081188, -72.0776513333
Reference Dimension
776.0, 776.0
Reference Pixel
388.0, 388.0
Scale
-0.00028323472084, 0.00028323472084
Rotation
-6.9400000000000022
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
opo9735b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:49:09+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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