Looking Sharp: Images from New Gemini Spectrograph Rival View from Space
HCG 87 imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope
Credit:Hubble Heritage Team/STScI/AURA/NASA
About the Image
Id: | gemini0302b |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | June 30, 2003, 8 p.m. |
Related releases: | gemini0302 |
Size: | 1500 x 1470 px |
About the Object
Name: | HCG 87 |
Constellation: | Capricornus |
Category: | Galaxy Clusters |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 20 48 12.11 |
Position (Dec): | -19° 50' 34.87" |
Field of view: | 2.49 x 2.44 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 45.7° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 450 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
Optical V | 555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
Optical R | 675 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
Optical I | 814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |