Sky around galaxy cluster CL0024+1654 (ground-based image)

esahubble_heic0309d July 17th, 2003

Credit: European Space Agency, NASA, Jean-Paul Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, France/Caltech, USA) and the Digitized Sky Survey

This is a 2.5-degree field around galaxy cluster CL0024+1654. The cluster galaxies are visible in the centre of the image in yellow. The image is a colour composite constructed from three Digitized Sky Survey 2 images: Blue (shown in blue), Red (shown in green), and Infrared (shown in red).

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0309d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: ClG 0024+1654
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 26m 45.2s; DEC = 17° 5’ 11.7”
Orientation: North is 0.4° CW
Field of View: 2.5 x 2.5 degrees
Constellation: Pisces

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS (None)	Infrared (I)	-
DSS (None)	Optical (R)	-
DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: heic0309d
Subject Category: D.5.5.3
Subject Name: ClG 0024+1654
Credits: European Space Agency, NASA, Jean-Paul Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, France/Caltech, USA) and the Digitized Sky Survey

Release Date: 2003-07-17T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0309d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: DSS, DSS, DSS
Instrument: None, None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, B
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 6.68831700691, 17.0865930452
Reference Dimension: 4390.0, 4399.0

Reference Pixel: 2195.0, 2199.5
Scale: -0.000566815644282, 0.000566815644282
Rotation: -0.36000000000000021
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: heic0309d

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0309d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:13:16+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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