Pandoras Cluster The merging galaxy cluster Abell 2744

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esahubble_heic1111b June 22nd, 2011

Credit: NASA, ESA, ESO and D. Coe (STScI)/J. Merten (Heidelberg/Bologna)

This image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744 combines data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescopes Advanced Camera for Surveys, with an image taken with the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope (VLT). Hubble provides the central, most detailed part of the image, while the VLT, which has a wider field of view, provides the outer parts of the image. This object has been nicknamed Pandoras Cluster because of the many different and strange phenomena that were unleashed by a huge collision that occurred over a period of 350 million years. A simultaneous pile-up between at least four separate clusters has produced strange effects that have never been seen together before.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1111b/

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 2744
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 14m 20.6s
DEC = -30° 23’ 59.8”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
6.7 x 6.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Sculptor

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) -
Red VLT (FORS1) Infrared -
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (606) -
Green VLT (FORS1) Optical (R) -
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (V) -
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ID
heic1111b
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Abell 2744
Credits
NASA, ESA, ESO and D. Coe (STScI)/J. Merten (Heidelberg/Bologna)
Release Date
2011-06-22T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1111b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Very Large Telescope (VLT), Hubble Space Telescope, Very Large Telescope (VLT), Hubble Space Telescope, Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Instrument
ACS, FORS1, ACS, FORS1, ACS, FORS1
Color Assignment
Red, Red, Green, Green, Blue, Blue
Band
Optical, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, -, 606, R, B, V
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
3.58572223295, -30.399954521
Reference Dimension
8068.0, 8067.0
Reference Pixel
4034.0, 4033.5
Scale
-1.38722828871e-05, 1.38722828871e-05
Rotation
0.040000000000000008
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
heic1111b
Metadata Date
2011-06-03T17:37:42+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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