HD Picture Hubble ACS WFPC2 Image of Globular Cluster M13
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like the last jpg and huge :) format jpg size 6360x6360 About the Object Object Name: M13, NGC 6205 Object Description: Globular Cluster Position (J2000): R.A. 16h 41m 41s.63 Dec. +36° 27' 40".72 Constellation: Hercules Distance: 25,000 light-years (7.6 kiloparsecs) Dimensions: This image is roughly 4.9 arcminutes (36 light-years or 11 ________________________parsecs) wide. About the Data HST Proposal: 8174 8278 10349 10775 Science Team: W. van Altena (Yale University) C. Bailyn (Yale University) W. Lewin (MIT) A. Sarajedini (University of Florida) Instrument: WFPC2 WFPC2 ACS ACS Filters: F555W (V) F555W (V), F814W (I) F435W (B) F555W (V), F814W (I) Exposure Dates: April 2000 November 1999 August 2005 April 2006 About the Release Release Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Acknowledgment C. Bailyn (Yale University), W. Lewin _______________________(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), A. Sarajedini _______________________(University of Florida), and W. van Altena (Yale University) Release Date: December 4, 2008 Color The image is a composite of separate exposures made by the ACS and WFPC2 instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample broad wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: ACS F814W (I) red ACS F555W (V) green ACS F435W (B) blue WFPC2 F814W (I) yellow/orange WFPC2 F555W (V) cyan/blue visit my blog... http://thephyrexian.tk/
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Other info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_13
In the wikipedia article They estimate M13's age as 14 billion years, although the universe itself is now recognized by most astronomers as being roughly 13.7 billion years. In any case, the thing is very old, nearly the age of the universe itself.
A somewhat better source:
http://www.maa.clell.de/Messier/E/m013.html
"Towards its center, stars are about 500 times more concentrated than in the solar neighborhood."
Even so, the stars just about never collide with each other.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_13
In the wikipedia article They estimate M13's age as 14 billion years, although the universe itself is now recognized by most astronomers as being roughly 13.7 billion years. In any case, the thing is very old, nearly the age of the universe itself.
A somewhat better source:
http://www.maa.clell.de/Messier/E/m013.html
"Towards its center, stars are about 500 times more concentrated than in the solar neighborhood."
Even so, the stars just about never collide with each other.
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