Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
GRO J1655-40 |
| Object Description: |
Black Hole X-ray Binary |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 16h 54m 00.14s
Dec. -39° 50' 44.9" |
| Constellation: |
Scorpius |
| Distance: |
3,200 - 9,600 light-years (1000 - 3000 parsecs) |
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| About the Data |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
April 1995, June 2001 |
| Exposure Time: |
33 minutes |
| Principal Astronomers: |
I.F. Mirabel (CEA & IAFE/CONICET), R. Mignani (ESO), I. Rodriguez (CEA), J.A. Combi (Argentine Institute for Radio Astronomy), L.F. Rodriguez (UNAM), F. Guglielmetti (MPE) |
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| About this Release |
| Release Date: |
November 18, 2002 |
| Filters: |
F675W (R) |
| Release Credit: |
ESA, NASA and F. Mirabel (French Atomic Energy Commission and Institute for Astronomy and Space Physics/Conicet of Argentina) |
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