The unusual cluster Terzan 5

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eso_eso1630b September 7th, 2016

Credit: ESO/F. Ferraro

Peering through the thick dust clouds of the galactic bulge an international team of astronomers has revealed the unusual mix of stars in the stellar cluster known as Terzan 5. The new results indicate that Terzan 5 is in fact one of the bulge's primordial building blocks, most likely the relic of the very early days of the Milky Way. This image is from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1630b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Terzan 5
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 48m 4.9s
DEC = -24° 46’ 44.6”
Orientation
North is 89.3° CCW
Field of View
3.3 x 1.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Orange Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Green
Orange
Red
Red
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ID
eso1630b
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
Terzan 5
Credits
ESO/F. Ferraro
Release Date
2016-09-07T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1630b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Green, Orange, Red, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
V, V, I, I, J, H
Central Wavelength
606, 606, 814, 814, 1250, 1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
267.020471956, -24.7790596043
Reference Dimension
4002.0, 1958.0
Reference Pixel
2001.0, 979.0
Scale
-1.38826514592e-05, 1.38826514592e-05
Rotation
89.339999999999932
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1630b
Metadata Date
2016-08-31T16:30:48+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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