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About the Object Object Name: GLIMPSE-C01
Object Type: Globular Cluster
Position (J2000): RA: 18h48m49.7s Dec: -01d29m50s
Distance: 3.1-5.2 kpc or 10,000-17,000 ly
Constellation: Aquila
About the Data Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/H. Kobulnicky (Univ. of Wyoming)
Instrument: IRAC
Wavelength: 3.6 (blue), 4.5 (green), 5.8 (orange), 8.0 (red) microns
Exposure Date: 2004 April 21
Exposure Time: 2.4 sec
Image Scale: 6 x 6 arcmin
Orientation: North is 63 deg CCW from up
Release Date: October 12, 2004
Observers Henry Kobulnicky (Principal Investigator) - University of Wyoming
B.L. Babler - University of Wisconsin-Madison
T.M. Bania - Boston University
R.A. Benjamin - University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
B.A. Buckalew - University of Wyoming
R. Canterna - University of Wyoming
E. Churchwell - University of Wisconsin-Madison
D. Clemens - Boston University
M. Cohen - University of California-Berkley
J.M. Darnel - University of Wyoming
J.M. Dickey - University of Minnesota
R. Indebetouw - University of Wisconsin-Madison
J.M. Jackson - Boston University
A. Kutyrev - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
A.P. Marston - ESTEC/SCI-SA
J.S. Mathis - University of Maryland
M.R. Meade - University of Wisconsin-Madison
E.P. Mercer - Boston University
A.J. Monson - University of Wyoming
J.P. Norris - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
M.J. Pierce - University of Wyoming
R. Shah - Boston University
J.R. Stauffer - Caltech, Spitzer Science Center
S.R. Stolovy - Caltech, Spitzer Science Center
B. Uzpen - University of Wyoming
C. Watson - University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. Whitney - Space Science Institute
M.J. Wolff - Space Science Institute
M.G. Wolfire - University of Maryland

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