Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
NGC 6397 |
| Object Description: |
Globular Cluster |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 17h 40m 41s.36
Dec. -53° 40' 25".3 |
| Constellation: |
Ara |
| Distance: |
8,200 light-years (2.5 kiloparsecs) |
| Dimensions: |
This image is roughly 2 arcminutes (3.8 light-years or 1.2 parsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
These images were created from HST data from the following proposals: 9313: K. Noll (STScI), A. Cool (SFSU), J. Anderson (Rice), I. King (U. Washington), L. Frattare, H. Bond, C. Christian, F. Hamilton, Z. Levay, T. Royle (STScI); 7335: J. Grindlay (Harvard U.), A. Cool (SFSU), C. Bailyn (Yale U.), H. Cohn and P. Lugger (Indiana U.); and 5929: I. King (U. Washington), A. Cool (SFSU), C. Sosin (UCB), H. Cohn and P. Lugger (Indiana U.), J. Grindlay (Harvard U.), P. Callanan (UCC), and C. Bailyn (Yale U.). Significant contributions to the science were also made by A. Bolton (MIT), J. Taylor (Harvard U.), and P. Edmonds (CfA). |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
March 6/7, 1996; April 3/4 1999; November 4, 2001 |
| Exposure Time: |
7 hours |
| Filters: |
F336W(I), F439(B), F814W(U) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
| Release Date: |
August 7, 2003 |
| Orientation: |
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