Telescopes Unveil View Of Remote, Massive Galaxy Cluster

Esahubble_opo9826d_1024

esahubble_opo9826d August 19th, 1998

Credit: Isabella Gioia (Univ. of Hawaii), and NASA/ESA

This image is a colour composite taken by ground-based and X-ray observatories showing the entire galaxy cluster surrounded by background and foreground galaxies. The blue colour in the center of the image represents the huge amount of hot gas that fills the space between the galaxies in the cluster. This gas - colored blue - cannot be seen in visible light, but glows in X-ray frequencies. Astronomers have measured its temperature at 300 million degrees Fahrenheit. The X-ray information was used to estimate the cluster's total mass.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9826d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
MS1054-0321
Subject - General
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Esahubble_opo9826d_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 56m 58.8s
DEC = -3° 37’ 27.1”
Orientation
North is 10.5° CCW
Field of View
4.7 x 4.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Leo

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Other (None) X-ray (None) -
Blue Other (None) X-ray (None) -
Red Other (None) Optical (I) -
Esahubble_opo9826d_1280
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ID
opo9826d
Subject Category
E.5.5.3  
Subject Name
MS1054-0321
Credits
Isabella Gioia (Univ. of Hawaii), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1998-08-19T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9826d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Other, Other, Other
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Blue, Red
Band
X-ray, X-ray, Optical
Bandpass
None, None, I
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
164.245093971, -3.62418669339
Reference Dimension
1125.0, 1125.0
Reference Pixel
562.5, 562.5
Scale
-7.02739789123e-05, 7.02739789123e-05
Rotation
10.460000000000008
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9826d
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9826d.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:51:35+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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