Galaxy Cluster MS 1054-03

esahubble_opo9928j July 15th, 1999

Credit: Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx (University of Groningen/Leiden), ESA and NASA

Exciting Hubble Space Telescope images of more than a dozen very distant colliding galaxies indicate that, at least in some cases, big massive galaxies form through collisions between smaller ones, in a 'generation after generation' never-ending story.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9928j/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: MS 1054-03
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting; Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm

ID: opo9928j
Subject Category: D.5.1.7 D.5.5.3
Subject Name: MS 1054-03
Credits: Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx (University of Groningen/Leiden), ESA and NASA

Release Date: 1999-07-15T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9928j/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes: Redshift distance from NED

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment

Band: Infrared, Optical, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: I, V, I, V
Central Wavelength: 814, 606, 814, 606

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Integration Time: 6500, 6500, 6500, 6500
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Reference Dimension: 340.0, 340.0

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9928j

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9928j.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:54:32+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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