The accidentally discovered galaxy Bedin I

Esahubble_heic1903a_1024

esahubble_heic1903a January 31st, 2019

Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Bedin et al.

This image, taken with Hubbles Advanced Camera for Surveys shows a part the globular cluster NGC 6752. Behind the bright stars of the cluster a denser collection of faint stars is visible a previously unknown dwarf spheroidal galaxy. This galaxy, nicknamed Bedin 1, is about 30 million light-years from Earth.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1903a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Bedin I NGC 6752
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
Galaxy > Size > Dwarf
Esahubble_heic1903a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 19h 10m 45.0s
DEC = -59° 54’ 56.8”
Orientation
North is 46.1° CW
Field of View
0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Pavo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Cyan
Esahubble_heic1903a_1280
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ID
heic1903a
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2   C.5.2.2  
Subject Name
Bedin I, NGC 6752
Credits
ESA/Hubble, NASA, Bedin et al.
Release Date
2019-01-31T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1903a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V
Central Wavelength
814, 606
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
287.687543914, -59.9157729848
Reference Dimension
1024.0, 949.0
Reference Pixel
512.0, 474.5
Scale
-6.91491180948e-06, 6.91491180948e-06
Rotation
-46.059999999999995
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1903a
Metadata Date
2019-01-22T14:59:33+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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