Wide-field view of the Coma Galaxy Cluster (ground-based image)

Esahubble_heic0901c_1024

esahubble_heic0901c February 5th, 2009

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

A wide-field image of the region around the Coma Galaxy Cluster (Abell 1656) constructed from the images in the Digitized Sky Survey. NGC 4921 is the small circular galaxy below and a little to the right of the centre of the image. The field-of-view is approximately 2.7 x 2.85 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0901c/

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
Abell 1656 Coma Cluster
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 2m 22.6s
DEC = 28° 12’ 31.0”
Orientation
North is 0.4° CCW
Field of View
3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation
Coma Berenices

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
Red DSS (None) Infrared (I) -
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ID
heic0901c
Subject Category
C.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Abell 1656, Coma Cluster
Credits
NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
Release Date
2009-02-05T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0901c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years to Abell 1656 from NED
Facility
DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Red
Band
Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
B, I
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
195.594218561, 28.2086099695
Reference Dimension
10635.0, 10857.0
Reference Pixel
5317.5, 5428.5
Scale
-0.00027975343088, 0.00027975343088
Rotation
0.36
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
heic0901c
Metadata Date
2009-01-30T14:08:39+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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