Arches Cluster: Hubble/NICMOS (1997)
esahubble_opo0505g March 9th, 2005
Credit: NASA, ESA and D. Figer (STScI)
This ESO/NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture presents the Arches Cluster, the densest known star cluster in the Milky Way. It is located about 25 000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Sagittarius. 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.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0505g/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- opo0505g
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4
- Subject Name
- Arches Star Cluster
- Credits
- NASA, ESA and D. Figer (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2005-03-09T20:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0505g/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- NICMOS, NICMOS, NICMOS, NICMOS
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- K, Pa-alpha, H, J
- Central Wavelength
- 2050, 1870, 1600, 1100
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 266.460120805, -28.822366409
- Reference Dimension
- 618.0, 618.0
- Reference Pixel
- 309.0, 309.0
- Scale
- -1.69442049728e-05, 1.69442049728e-05
- Rotation
- -0.52
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- 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
- opo0505g
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0505g.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2005-03-08T15:11:32-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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