Wide-field view of Abell 2744 (ground-based image)

esahubble_heic1111e June 22nd, 2011

Credit: ESA/Hubble & Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

This ground-based view shows the area of sky around the merging galaxy cluster Abell 2744, which has been given the nickname Pandoras Cluster. This remarkable object seems to be the result of the collision of at least four separate galaxy clusters. In this picture the cluster itself is faintly visible as a tiny swarm of faint specks very close to the centre.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1111e/

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 2744
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 14m 19.2s; DEC = -30° 23’ 5.7”
Orientation: North is 1.3° CW
Field of View: 3.0 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation: Sculptor

Color Mapping

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

ID: heic1111e
Subject Category: D.5.5.3
Subject Name: Abell 2744
Credits: ESA/Hubble & Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Release Date: 2011-06-22T15:00:00
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Reference Url: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1111e/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

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

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 3.58015625789, -30.3849029382
Reference Dimension: 10547.0, 10067.0

Reference Pixel: 5273.5, 5033.5
Scale: -0.000283393954498, 0.000283393954498
Rotation: -1.34
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: heic1111e

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1111e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2011-05-02T10:45:16+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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