Hubble image of the globular star cluster NGC 6362
eso_eso1243d October 31st, 2012
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope offers an impressive view of the centre of globular cluster NGC 6362. The image of this spherical collection of stars takes a deeper look at the core of the globular cluster, which contains a high concentration of stars with different colours. This image was created combining ultraviolet, visual and infrared images taken with the Wide Field Channel of the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Wide Field Camera 3.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1243d/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1243d
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.2
- Subject Name
- NGC 6362
- Credits
- ESA/Hubble & NASA
- Release Date
- 2012-10-31T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1243d/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFC3, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Ultraviolet, Optical, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 336, 625, 814
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 262.980617004, -67.0478913043
- Reference Dimension
- 3061.0, 3061.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1530.5, 1530.5
- Scale
- -1.39163324467e-05, 1.39163324467e-05
- Rotation
- 63.88000000000013
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso1243d
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1243d.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-10-04T00:20:37+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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