Wide-field view of Messier 9 (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic1205b March 16th, 2012

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 shows a wide-field view of globular cluster Messier 9 and its surroundings, imaged by a ground-based telescope. The dark patches are clouds of interstellar dust. Immediately to the right of Messier 9 is the dark cloud Barnard 64.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1205b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Messier 9
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 19m 11.7s
DEC = -18° 30’ 56.0”
Orientation
North is 0.5° CCW
Field of View
2.0 x 2.0 degrees
Constellation
Ophiuchus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS (None) Optical (V) -
Pseudocolor DSS (None) Optical (V+R) -
Orange DSS (None) Optical (R) -
Red DSS (None) Infrared (I) -
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ID
heic1205b
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
Messier 9
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
Release Date
2012-03-16T11:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1205b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, DSS, DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None, None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Pseudocolor, Orange, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
V, V+R, R, I
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
259.798613852, -18.515545863
Reference Dimension
7129.0, 7143.0
Reference Pixel
3564.5, 3571.5
Scale
-0.000280072079832, 0.000280072079832
Rotation
0.51999999999999968
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
heic1205b
Metadata Date
2012-03-07T12:18:38+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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