The "Comet Galaxy" as seen with Hubble

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esahubble_heic0705a March 2nd, 2007

Credit: NASA, ESA, Jean-Paul Kneib (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)

While looking at the galaxy cluster Abell 2667, astronomers found an odd-looking spiral galaxy (shown here in the upper left hand corner of the image) that ploughs through the cluster after being accelerated to at least 3.5 million km/h by the enormous combined gravity of the cluster's dark matter, hot gas and hundreds of galaxies.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0705a/

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 2667
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Esahubble_heic0705a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 23h 51m 40.6s
DEC = -26° 4’ 25.3”
Orientation
North is 24.9° CCW
Field of View
2.5 x 1.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Sculptor

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_heic0705a_1280
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ID
heic0705a
Subject Category
D.5.1.1   D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Abell 2667
Credits
NASA, ESA, Jean-Paul Kneib (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)
Release Date
2007-03-02T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0705a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Redshift distance from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 606, 450
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
357.919343124, -26.0737018372
Reference Dimension
3268.0, 1662.0
Reference Pixel
1776.00938911, 1356.96690884
Scale
-1.264931e-05, 1.264931e-05
Rotation
24.88831229
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
heic0705a
Metadata Date
2007-01-23T16:14:18+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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