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Quintuplet Cluster

Stsci_1999-30c_1024

stsci_1999-30c September 16th, 1999

Credit: NASA, ESA, and Don Figer (STScI)

A 1999 Hubble Space Telescope image of Quintuplet Cluster.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-30

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Arches Cluster • Quintuplet Cluster
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Open

Distance

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25,000 light years

Stsci_1999-30c_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 46m 15.3s; DEC = -28° 49’ 33.0”
Orientation: North is 45.6° CW
Field of View: 1.3 x 1.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

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

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ID: 1999-30c
Subject Category: B.3.6.4.1
Subject Name: Arches Cluster, Quintuplet Cluster
Credits: NASA, ESA, and Don Figer (STScI)

Release Date: 1999-09-16T00:00:00
Lightyears: 25,000
Redshift: 25,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-30

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in Lightyears

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: NICMOS, NICMOS, NICMOS, NICMOS
Color Assignment

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: J, H, Pa-alpha, -
Central Wavelength: 1100, 1600, 1870, 2050

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 266.56360717080, -28.82584171712
Reference Dimension: 999.00, 1009.00

Reference Pixel: 496.89010214564, 506.27317194592
Scale: -0.00002093832, 0.00002093832
Rotation: -45.61344223623
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 485.51 469.30 515.34 541.87 531.71 444.73 469.87 566.88 552.84 472.74 448.65 539.60 518.93 491.90 482.78 519.37 Center Pixel Coordinates: 499.50 266.56354844986 504.50 -28.82581396697

Creator (Curator): STScI
URL: http://hubblesite.org
Name: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email: outreach@stsci.edu

Telephone: 410-338-4444
Address: 3700 San Martin Drive
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: USA
Rights: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9930c-f-999x1009.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9930c-f-999x1009.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/30

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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