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NGC 6791: Full Hubble ACS Field

NGC 6791: Full Hubble ACS Field
The full Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys field is full of stars estimated to be 8 billion years old. Two background galaxies can be seen at upper left.

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    19h 20m 52.99s
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    37° 46' 18.0"
  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Lyra
  • Distance
    DistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
    13,300 light-years or 4 kiloparsecs
  • Dimensions
    DimensionsThe physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky.
    The image is approximately 2.5 arcminutes (10 light-years or 3 parsecs) wide.

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
    HST Proposal: 9815 I. King (University of Washington), J. Anderson (STScI), G. Piotto (University of Padova), and L. Bedin (STScI); and 10471: I. King (University of Washington), J. Anderson (STScI), G. Piotto (University of Padova), L. Bedin (STScI), S. Cassisi (Collurania Astronomical Observatory, Italy), and M. Salaris (Liverpool John Moores University).
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>ACS/WFC
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    July 2003, July 2005, Exposure Time: 6 hours
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    F606W (V) and F814W (I)
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    NGC 6791
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Open Cluster
  • Release Date
    July 10, 2008
  • Science Release
    What’s My Age? Mystery Star Cluster Has 3 Different Birthdays
  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, and L. Bedin (STScI)

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NGC 6791: Full Hubble ACS Field
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

The image is a composite of several separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Two filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges in the visible and near infrared. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: Cyan: F606W (V) Orange: F814W (I)

Compass and Scale
Compass and ScaleAn astronomical image with a scale that shows how large an object is on the sky, a compass that shows how the object is oriented on the sky, and the filters with which the image was made.

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov