Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
B1620-26 in M4 (NGC 6121) |
| Object Description: |
Pulsar with Companion in Globular Cluster |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 16h 23m 35.4s
Dec. -26° 31' 31.9" |
| Constellation: |
Scorpius |
| Distance: |
M4 is roughly 5,600 light-years (1,720 parsecs) from the Earth. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
Data for this release was taken from HST proposals 5461 and 8679 together with archived observations from HST proposal 8153. The full team involved in this discovery is composed of Brad Hansen (UCLA), Harvey Richer (UBC), Steinn Sigurdsson (Penn State), Ingrid Stairs (UBC) and Stephen Thorsett (UCSC). |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
February - April 1995; January - April 2001 |
| Filters: |
F336W (B) 11,800 sec
F555W (V) 15,000 sec
F814W (I) 4800 sec |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA and H. Richer (U. British Columbia) |
| Release Date: |
July 10, 2003 |
| Orientation: |
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