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Hubble 47 Tucanae – UV with White Dwarfs Marked (crop)

CreditsNASA, ESA, and H. Richer and J. Heyl (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)

Date
Jan 1, 2015
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2015-16-3546-image
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Credits

NASA, ESA, and H. Richer and J. Heyl (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)

Image Details

About The Object
Object Name47 Tuc, 47 Tucanae, NGC 104
Object DescriptionGlobular Cluster
R.A. Position00h 24m 5.35s
Dec. Position-72° 4' 53.17"
ConstellationTucana
Distance16,700 light-years (5,100 parsecs)
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe UV image of 47 Tuc was created from Hubble data from proposal : H. Richer (University of British Columbia), A. Dotter (Australian National University), R. Goldsbury (University of British Columbia), B. Hansen (UCLA), J. Heyl (University of British Columbia), J. Kalirai (STScI/JHU), K. Woodley (University of British Columbia), and K. Sigurdson (University of California, Santa Cruz). The science team includes: J. Heyl and H. Richer (University of British Columbia), E. Antolini (Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy), R. Goldsbury (University of British Columbia), J. Kalirai (STScI/JHU), J. Parada (University of British Columbia), and P.-E. Tremblay (STScI).
InstrumentHST>WFC3/UVIS
FiltersF225W (UV) and F336W (U)
About The Image
Color InfoThis image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Cyan: F225W (UV) Yellow: F336W (U)

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