Infrared image of the galaxy Abell 2667
esahubble_heic0705b March 2nd, 2007
Credit: NASA, Spitzer Space Telescope
This infrared image was taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.and shows a part of the galaxy cluster Abell 2667. The "Comet Galaxy" is the bright red object seen to the left of the cluster centre. Also seen in the image is a rare giant infrared arc. The banana-shaped arc corresponds to the magnified and distorted image of a distant galaxy that lies behind the cluster's core.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0705b/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic0705b
- Subject Category
- D.5.5.3
- Subject Name
- Abell 2667
- Credits
- NASA, Spitzer Space Telescope
- Release Date
- 2007-03-02T15:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0705b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Redshift distance to cluster from NED
- Facility
- Spitzer Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope
- Instrument
- IRAC, IRAC, IRAC
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Near-IR, Near-IR, Near-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 8000, 4500, 3600
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 357.913590019, -26.0834189126
- Reference Dimension
- 485.0, 323.0
- Reference Pixel
- 242.5, 161.5
- Scale
- -0.00016895280797, 0.00016895280797
- Rotation
- 22.640000000000008
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- con email
- Telephone
- con tele
- 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
- heic0705b
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0705b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2018-01-02T14:51:36.872551
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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