Hubble image of M13's nucleus

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esahubble_opo0840d December 4th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Hubble catches an instantaneous glimpse of many hundreds of thousands of stars moving about in the globular cluster M13, one of the brightest and best-known globular clusters in the northern sky. This glittering metropolis of stars is easily found in the winter sky in the constellation Hercules. This image is a composite of archival Hubble data taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 and the Advanced Camera for Surveys. Observations from four separate science proposals taken in November 1999, April 2000, August 2005, and April 2006 were used. The image includes broadband filters that isolate light from the blue, visible, and infrared portions of the spectrum.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0840d/

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 13 NGC 6205
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 41m 40.8s
DEC = 36° 27’ 34.3”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Hercules

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Orange Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 785.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Cyan
Blue
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ID
opo0840d
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
Messier 13, NGC 6205
Credits
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2008-12-04T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0840d/
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, WFPC2, WFPC2, ACS, WFPC2, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, I, I, V, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 814, 785, 555, 555, 435
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
250.419897793, 36.4595313697
Reference Dimension
4465.0, 4496.0
Reference Pixel
2233.0, 2248.0
Scale
-9.25549786772e-06, 9.25549786772e-06
Rotation
0.0099999999999998909
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
opo0840d
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:03.111897
Metadata Version
1.1
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