Star clusters near the center of the galaxy

esahubble_opo9930c September 16th, 1999

Credit: Don Figer ( Space Telescope Science Institute) and NASA/ESA

This 4-million-year-old cluster, The Quintuplet Cluster, is more dispersed than the Arches Cluster. It has stars on the verge of blowing up as supernovae. It is the home of the brightest star seen in the Milky Way, called the Pistol star.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9930c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Pistol Star • Quintuplet Cluster
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Blue Supergiant; Star > Grouping > Cluster

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 46m 15.3s; DEC = -28° 49’ 32.2”
Orientation: North is 45.5° CW
Field of View: 1.3 x 1.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (Near-IR)	2.1 µm
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (Pa-alpha)	1.9 µm
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (J)	1.1 µm

ID: opo9930c
Subject Category: B.3.1.6 B.3.6.4
Subject Name: Pistol Star, Quintuplet Cluster
Credits: Don Figer ( Space Telescope Science Institute) and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1999-09-16T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9930c/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes: Distance to pistol star in light years from: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=23&ved=0CCMQFjACOBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fpdf%2F1010.3342&rct=j&q=pistol%20star%20distance&ei=l3bbTfDuDoPxsgaOw7nxDg&usg=AFQjCNHus1kr00gMxwdJI1qccla4zhorhQ&sig2=jjyvbn_irwkR8dt7PvGdrw&cad=rja

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: Near-IR, Pa-alpha, H, J
Central Wavelength: 2050, 1870, 1600, 1100

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 266.563557886, -28.8256244509
Reference Dimension: 999.0, 1009.0

Reference Pixel: 499.5, 504.5
Scale: -2.1052098992e-05, 2.1052098992e-05
Rotation: -45.519999999999975
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: opo9930c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9930c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:54:45+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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