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| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Massive Star Cluster in the Milky Way |
| Object Description: |
R.A. 18h 38m
Dec. -06° 48' |
| Constellation: |
Scutum |
| Distance: |
18,900 light-years (5,800 parsecs) |
|
| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
The science team that studied the star cluster consists of Don Figer, Space Telescope Science Institute/Rochester Institute of Techology; John MacKenty, Massimo Robberto, and Kester Smith, Space Telescope Science Institute; Francisco Najarro, Instituto de Estructura de la Materia in Madrid, Spain: Rolf Kudritzki, University of Hawaii in Honolulu; and Artemio Herrero, Universidad de La Laguna in Tenerife, Spain. |
| Instrument: |
2MASS |
Spitzer |
| Exposure Date(s): |
July 4, 1999 |
April 4, 2004 |
| Filters: |
J 1.25m blue
H 1.65m green
K 2.2m red |
IRAC 1 3.6m blue
IRAC 2 4.5m green
IRAC 3 8.0m red |
|
| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA/JPL-Caltech, D. Figer (Space Telescope Science
Institute/Rochester Institute of Technology), E. Churchwell
(University of Wisconsin, Madison) and the GLIMPSE Legacy Team.
Credit for Spitzer image: NASA/JPL-Caltech, D. Figer (Space
Telescope Science Institute/Rochester Institute of
Technology), and the GLIMPSE Legacy Team of E. Churchwell, B.
Babler, M. Meade, and B. Whitney (University of Wisconsin,
Madison), R. Indebetouw (University of Virginia), et al.
Credit for 2MASS image: NASA/NSF/2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech and
D. Figer (Space Telescope Science Institute/Rochester Institute
of Technology) |
| Release Date: |
January 9, 2006 |
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