The Spiderweb Galaxy and its surroundings [full ACS view]

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esahubble_heic0614b October 12th, 2006

Credit: Image credit: NASA, ESA, G. Miley and R. Overzier (Leiden Observatory), and the ACS Science Team Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble).

This image shows the full ACS overview of the region around the Spiderweb Galaxy (just to the right of the center). The galaxy is sitting at the centre of an emergent galaxy cluster, surrounded by hundreds of other galaxies from the cluster.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0614b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
LEDA 2826829 MRC 1138-262 Spiderweb Galaxy
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Esahubble_heic0614b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 40m 47.5s
DEC = -26° 29’ 24.2”
Orientation
North is 185.1° CCW
Field of View
5.5 x 3.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) -
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (Pseudogreen (B+I)) -
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) -
Esahubble_heic0614b_1280
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ID
heic0614b
Subject Category
D.5.1.7  
Subject Name
LEDA 2826829, MRC 1138-262, Spiderweb Galaxy
Credits
Image credit: NASA, ESA, G. Miley and R. Overzier (Leiden Observatory), and the ACS Science Team Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble).
Release Date
2006-10-12T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0614b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Redshift distance from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, Pseudogreen (B+I), B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
175.197761562, -26.4900450715
Reference Dimension
6657.0, 3913.0
Reference Pixel
3328.5, 1956.5
Scale
-1.38920142452e-05, 1.38920142452e-05
Rotation
185.0800000000001
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
heic0614b
Metadata Date
2006-10-06T17:32:48+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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