Globular cluster NGC 6397

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esahubble_heic0608b August 17th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA and H. Richer (University of British Columbia)

Image of globular cluster NGC 6397 in the constellation Ara (the Altar). The cluster is home to a highly unusual system consisting of a fast spinning pulsar and a bloated red companion star.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0608b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 6397
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
Esahubble_heic0608b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 40m 58.4s
DEC = -53° 44’ 19.9”
Orientation
North is 0.4° CW
Field of View
1.6 x 2.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Ara

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Cyan
Esahubble_heic0608b_1280
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ID
heic0608b
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
NGC 6397
Credits
NASA, ESA and H. Richer (University of British Columbia)
Release Date
2006-08-17T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0608b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2006.00153.x/pdf
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, V
Central Wavelength
814, 606
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
265.243286048, -53.7388612853
Reference Dimension
3750.0, 5066.0
Reference Pixel
1875.0, 2533.0
Scale
-6.94284545342e-06, 6.94284545342e-06
Rotation
-0.37999999999999978
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
heic0608b
Metadata Date
2006-08-10T10:10:02-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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