Wide field image of Abell 2667 region (ground-based image)

esahubble_heic0705c March 2nd, 2007

Credit: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2

Part of the constellation Sculptor centred on galaxy cluster. This image is a colour composite taken by the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), the field of view is 3.0x3.0 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0705c/

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 2667
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 23h 51m 39.4s; DEC = -26° 4’ 58.8”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CW
Field of View: 3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation: Sculptor

Color Mapping

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

ID: heic0705c
Subject Category: D.5.5.3
Subject Name: Abell 2667
Credits: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2007-03-02T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0705c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Redshift distance from NED

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

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

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 357.914313078, -26.0829967188
Reference Dimension: 10668.0, 10687.0

Reference Pixel: 5334.0, 5343.5
Scale: -0.000280020497243, 0.000280020497243
Rotation: -0.20000000000000007
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: heic0705c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0705c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2007-02-28T17:34:48+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

There is no distance meta data in this image.