A ground-based wide-angle image of Abell 2218

esahubble_heic0404c February 15th, 2004

Credit: European Space Agency, J.-P. Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées) and CFHT

This wide-angle image spans 0.4 by 0.4 degrees and was taken by the 12k camera on Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, United States. The image is composited by three exposures through blue (B), red (R), and infrared (I) filters.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0404c/

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: Abell 2218
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy; Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 35m 52.0s; DEC = 66° 12’ 44.1”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View: 23.9 x 23.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Draco

Color Mapping

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

ID: heic0404c
Subject Category: D.5 D.5.1.8
Subject Name: Abell 2218
Credits: European Space Agency, J.-P. Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées) and CFHT

Release Date: 2004-02-15T18:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0404c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, B
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 248.966642386, 66.212250599
Reference Dimension: 3500.0, 3408.0

Reference Pixel: 1750.0, 1704.0
Scale: -0.000113810284354, 0.000113810284354
Rotation: 0.06
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: heic0404c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0404c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2004-02-13T14:39:05+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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