Pandora’s Cluster (combined Hubble and VLT view)
This image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744 combines data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, with an image taken with the ESO VLT. Hubble provides the central, most detailed part of the image, while the VLT offers a wider field of view.
This object has been nicknamed Pandora’s Cluster because of the many different and strange phenomena that were unleashed by a huge collision that occurred over a period of 350 million years. A simultaneous pile-up between at least four separate clusters has produced strange effects that have never been seen together before.
Kilde:NASA, ESA, ESO and D. Coe (STScI)/J. Merten (Heidelberg/Bologna)
Om billedet
Id: | eso1120c |
Type: | Observation |
Udgivelsesdato: | 22. juni 2011 15:00 |
Relaterede pressemeddelelser: | eso1120 |
Størrelse: | 8068 x 8067 px |
Om objektet
Navn: | Abell 2744 |
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
Afstand: | z=0.308 (rødforskydning) |
Constellation: | Sculptor |
Kategori: | Galaxies |
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Baggrundsbilleder
Koordinater
Position (RA): | 0 14 20.51 |
Position (Dec): | -30° 23' 57.19" |
Field of view: | 6.72 x 6.72 arcminutes |
Orientering: | Nord er 0.0° venstre fra lodret |
Farver & filtre
Bånd | Bølgelængde | Teleskop |
---|---|---|
Optisk B | 435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
Optisk V | Very Large Telescope FORS1 | |
Optisk V | 606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
Optisk R | Very Large Telescope FORS1 | |
Optisk I | 814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
Infrarød I | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |