White dwarf stars in globular cluster NGC 6397

Image showing the very crowded sky field of the globular cluster NGC 6397, with some candidate White Dwarf stars indicated by red squares. This photo was obtained with the WPFC2 camera onboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image sharpness is about 0.1 arcsec and the "crosses" around the brighter stars are optical artifacts from the telescope optics. The field shown measures 1.3 x 1.3 arcmin 2.

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Om billedet

Id:eso9953a
Type:Observation
Udgivelsesdato:16. december 1999
Relaterede pressemeddelelser:eso9953
Størrelse:736 x 733 px

Om objektet

Navn:NGC 6397
Type:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular
Afstand:9000 lysår
Kategori:Star Clusters

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Farver & filtre

BåndTeleskop
OptiskHubble Space Telescope
WFPC2