The galaxy cluster Abell 2218

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esahubble_heic0113c October 5th, 2001

Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Fruchter and the ERO Team (STScI, ST-ECF )

This image shows the full overview of the galaxy cluster Abell 2218 and its gravitational lenses. This image was taken by Hubble in 1999 during the Early Release Observations made immediately after the Hubble Servicing Mission 3A.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0113c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Abell 2218
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 35m 53.4s
DEC = 66° 12’ 26.5”
Orientation
North is 160.4° CCW
Field of View
2.6 x 1.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Draco

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
heic0113c
Subject Category
D.5.1.8   D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Abell 2218
Credits
NASA, ESA, A. Fruchter and the ERO Team (STScI, ST-ECF )
Release Date
2001-10-05T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0113c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
B, V, I
Central Wavelength
450, 606, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
248.972696393, 66.2073580802
Reference Dimension
3109.0, 1587.0
Reference Pixel
1554.5, 793.5
Scale
-1.38441554027e-05, 1.38441554027e-05
Rotation
160.35999999999976
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0113c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:05:32+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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