[vsnet-chat 414] Re: Hubble deep field foreground star

[ems@seska.harvard.edu (Eric Schlegel)]

> From lagmonar@csir.co.za Mon Jun 30 11:52:57 1997

> 
> My PC monitor's background depicts the Hubble Deep Field
> image. I often stare at it, wondering what, how far away...all these
> objects on it.
> Due to a preoccupation with variable stars -am I alone with that?- I
> am curious to know what the apparent magnitude is of the 'bright'
> star in the picture: does anybody know?
> 
    There was an ApJ paper (ApJ, 466, L55, 1996) reporting the
    magnitudes of the stars in the HDF.  On WWW, look at 
      http://astro.utu.fi/~cflynn/hdfstars.html
      
> Regards,
> 
> Berto Monard
> 

  - Eric M. Schlegel

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