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Hubble Refines Distance to Pleiades Star Cluster
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Hubble Refines Distance to Pleiades Star Cluster
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Pleiades
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NGC 1432/35
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M45
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What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release?
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General_Information
What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release?
A major news announcement issued at an American Astronomical Society meeting, the premier astronomy conference.
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Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Pleiades, NGC 1432/35, M45 Object Description: Open Cluster Position (J2000): R.A. 03h 47m 00s.00 Dec. 03° 07' 00" Constellation: Taurus Distance: Approximately 400 light-years (120 parsecs) About the Data Data Description: This data are taken from HST proposals 8335 and 8777: The science team consists of: D. Soderblom and E. Nelan (STScI), F. Benedict and B. Arthur (U. Texas), and B. Jones (Lick Obs.) Instrument: FGS About the Image Orientation: Hubble Refines Distance to the Pleiades Star Cluster [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
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Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Pleiades, NGC 1432/35, M45 Object Description: Open Cluster Position (J2000): R.A. 03h 47m 00s.00 Dec. 03° 07' 00" Constellation: Taurus Distance: Approximately 400 light-years (120 parsecs) About the Data Data Description: This data are taken from HST proposals 8335 and 8777: The science team consists of: D. Soderblom and E. Nelan (STScI), F. Benedict and B. Arthur (U. Texas), and B. Jones (Lick Obs.) Instrument: FGS About the Image Orientation: Hubble Refines Distance to the Pleiades Star Cluster [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…] Fast Facts
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*Image Type:*: Astronomical
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*Image Type:*: Astronomical
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*Release Date*:June 1, 2004 09:00 AM (EDT)
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*Release Date*:June 1, 2004 09:00 AM (EDT)
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2004-20a
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2004-20a
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*Title*:Hubble Refines Distance to Pleiades Star Cluster
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*Title*:Hubble Refines Distance to Pleiades Star Cluster
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*Description*:
The brilliant stars seen in this image are members of the popular open star cluster known as the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. The Hubble Space Telescope's Fine Guidance Sensors refined the distance to the Pleiades at about 440 light-years. The Fine Guidance Sensors are at the periphery of Hubble's field-of-view. They trace a circumference that is approximately the angular size of the Moon on the sky. They are overlaid on this image to give a scale to Hubble's very narrow view on the heavens.
Hubble Fine Guidance Sensors measured slight changes in the apparent positions of three stars within the cluster when viewed from different sides of Earth's orbit. Astronomers took their measurements six months apart over a 2 1/2-year period. About 1,000 stars comprise the cluster, located in the constellation Taurus.
The color-composite image of the Pleiades star cluster was taken by the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope. The image is from the second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, and is part of the Digitized Sky Survey. The Pleiades photo was made from three separate images taken in red, green, and blue filters. The separate images were taken between Nov. 5, 1986 and Sept. 11, 1996.
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*Description*:
The brilliant stars seen in this image are members of the popular open star cluster known as the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. The Hubble Space Telescope's Fine Guidance Sensors refined the distance to the Pleiades at about 440 light-years. The Fine Guidance Sensors are at the periphery of Hubble's field-of-view. They trace a circumference that is approximately the angular size of the Moon on the sky. They are overlaid on this image to give a scale to Hubble's very narrow view on the heavens.
Hubble Fine Guidance Sensors measured slight changes in the apparent positions of three stars within the cluster when viewed from different sides of Earth's orbit. Astronomers took their measurements six months apart over a 2 1/2-year period. About 1,000 stars comprise the cluster, located in the constellation Taurus.
The color-composite image of the Pleiades star cluster was taken by the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope. The image is from the second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, and is part of the Digitized Sky Survey. The Pleiades photo was made from three separate images taken in red, green, and blue filters. The separate images were taken between Nov. 5, 1986 and Sept. 11, 1996.
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