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Image of the galaxy cluster SpARCS1049

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esahubble_heic1519a September 10th, 2015

Credit: NASA/STScI/ESA/JPL-Caltech/McGill

This image, using data from Spitzer and the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the galaxy cluster SpARCS1049.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1519a/

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: SpARCS1049+56
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Distance

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9,800,000 light years

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 10h 49m 22.7s; DEC = 56° 40’ 31.6”
Orientation: North is 2.3° CW
Field of View: 0.8 x 0.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (J)	1.1 µm
	Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (H)	1.5 µm
	Spitzer (None)	Infrared	3.6 µm

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ID: heic1519a
Subject Category: D.5.5.3
Subject Name: SpARCS1049+56
Credits: NASA/STScI/ESA/JPL-Caltech/McGill

Release Date: 2015-09-10T19:00:00
Lightyears: 9,800,000
Redshift: 1.7
Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1519a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: from the paper

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope
Instrument: WFC3, WFC3, None
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: J, H, -
Central Wavelength: 1100, 1523, 3600

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 162.344688163, 56.6754362912
Reference Dimension: 2200.0, 2201.0

Reference Pixel: 1100.0, 1100.5
Scale: -6.02081604007e-06, 6.02081604007e-06
Rotation: -2.3400000000000007
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: heic1519a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1519a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2019-10-07T11:40:38.204184
Metadata Version: 1.1

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