Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
MACHO-LMC-5, STAR-0516-7029 |
| Object Description: |
Stellar Binary System/Microlensing Object |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 5h 16m 41s
Dec. -70° 29' 18" |
| Constellation: |
Dorado |
| Distance: |
The distance to the lensing object is 1,800 light-years (550pc). The distance to the object being lensed is that of the LMC: 160,000 light-years (50 kiloparsecs). |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST observations from the following proposal: 9394: K. Cook, A. Drake, and S. Keller (Lawrence Livermore National Lab), and C. Nelson (UC Berkeley). The science team for this image release includes A. Gould (OSU), D. Bennett (U. Notre Dame) and D. Alves (Columbia U). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
July 10/11, 2002; January 5, 2003 |
| Exposure Time: |
2 days |
| Filters: |
F606W (V) and F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA and D. Bennett (University of Notre Dame) |
| Release Date: |
July 15, 2004 |
| Orientation: |
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