Arches Cluster: Keck I 10m (1996)

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esahubble_opo0505f March 9th, 2005

Credit: G. Serabyn (JPL), D. Shupe (Caltech) and D. Figer (STScI)

This picture was taken in 1996 using the 10 metre Keck telescope at Hawaii. It presents the Arches Cluster, the densest known star cluster in the Milky Way. The cluster is located about 25 000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Sagattrius. The radius of the cluster is only about one light year, but it contains about 150 stars, all of which are larger and more massive than the Sun.

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Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0505f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Arches Star Cluster
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Esahubble_opo0505f_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 45m 50.4s
DEC = -28° 49’ 20.5”
Orientation
North is 0.8° CW
Field of View
0.6 x 0.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius
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ID
opo0505f
Subject Category
B.3.6.4  
Subject Name
Arches Star Cluster
Credits
G. Serabyn (JPL), D. Shupe (Caltech) and D. Figer (STScI)
Release Date
2005-03-09T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0505f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
266.460122339, -28.8223620828
Reference Dimension
618.0, 618.0
Reference Pixel
309.0, 309.0
Scale
-1.6890017993e-05, 1.6890017993e-05
Rotation
-0.81999999999999862
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
opo0505f
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0505f.tif
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Metadata Date
2005-03-08T15:09:59-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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