The Milky Way's Densest Star Cluster: The Arches Cluster

Stsci_2005-05g_1024

stsci_2005-05g March 9th, 2005

Credit: NASA, ESA and D. Figer (STScI)

A 2005 Hubble Space Telescope image of Arches Cluster.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2005/news-2005-05

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details Image Details

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

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
25,000 light years
Stsci_2005-05g_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 45m 50.4s
DEC = -28° 49’ 21.9”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View
0.6 x 0.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubbl (NICMOS) Infrared (J) 1.1 µm
Green Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (P-alpha) 1.9 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
2005-05g
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.1  
Subject Name
Arches Cluster
Credits
NASA, ESA and D. Figer (STScI)
Release Date
2005-03-09T00:00:00
Lightyears
25,000
Redshift
25,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2005/news-2005-05
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in lightyears
Facility
Hubbl, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
NICMOS, NICMOS, NICMOS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
J, H, P-alpha, -
Central Wavelength
1100, 1600, 1870, 2050
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
266.45980387970, -28.82275342881
Reference Dimension
618.00, 618.00
Reference Pixel
337.88137750478, 300.46807110975
Scale
-0.00001688672, 0.00001688672
Rotation
0.21666944686
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 232.00 146.78 453.00 395.00 165.35 367.65 314.41 141.02 277.52 421.47 168.36 191.38 383.51 178.92 290.68 500.14 450.33 365.71 66.53 392.28 Center Pixel Coordinates: 309.00 266.46035910418 309.00 -28.82260152099
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-p0505g-f-618x618.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0505g-f-618x618.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/05
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
25,000 light years

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