Hubble extrasolar planet search field in Sagittarius [excerpt]

Esahubble_heic0612e_1024

esahubble_heic0612e October 4th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Sahu (STScI) and the SWEEPS science team

This is an excerpt of the Hubble Space Telescope field of view in the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search (SWEEPS).

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0612e/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Sagittarius SWEEPS
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Multiple
Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System
Esahubble_heic0612e_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 58m 54.0s
DEC = -29° 11’ 20.2”
Orientation
North is 89.9° CCW
Field of View
0.5 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) -
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (Pseudogreen (B+I)) -
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) -
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ID
heic0612e
Subject Category
B.3.6.3   B.3.7.1  
Subject Name
Sagittarius, SWEEPS
Credits
NASA, ESA, K. Sahu (STScI) and the SWEEPS science team
Release Date
2006-10-04T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0612e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, Pseudogreen (B+I), V
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
269.72495186, -29.1889428142
Reference Dimension
2868.0, 1635.0
Reference Pixel
1434.0, 817.5
Scale
-3.12777072515e-06, 3.12777072515e-06
Rotation
89.860000000000085
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
heic0612e
Metadata Date
2006-09-26T13:57:10-04:00
Metadata Version
1.0
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