Hubble close-up on the Coma Cluster

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esahubble_potw1402a January 13th, 2014

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; D. Carter (LJMU) Acknowledgement: Nick Rose

In this new image Hubble peeks into the Coma Cluster, a massive gathering of galaxies located towards the constellation of Coma Berenices. This large cluster is around 350 million light-years away from us and contains over 1000 identified galaxies, the majority of which are elliptical. The bright, saucer-shaped objects surrounded by misty halos in this image are galaxies, each of them host to many millions of stars. The background of the image is full of distant galaxies, many of them with spiral shapes, that are located much further away and do not belong to the cluster. Visible in this image are three galaxies within the Coma Cluster: IC 4041 (far left), IC 4042 (centre), and GP 236 (right). A version of this image was entered into the Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Nick Rose. Links Hubble's sweeping view of the Coma cluster Wide-field view of the Coma cluster (ground-based image)

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1402a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Coma Cluster GP 236 IC 4041 IC 4042
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 0m 42.0s
DEC = 27° 58’ 27.8”
Orientation
North is 78.4° CCW
Field of View
3.3 x 2.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (R) 814.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 475.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Blue
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ID
potw1402a
Subject Category
C.5.1.4   C.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Coma Cluster, GP 236, IC 4041, IC 4042
Credits
ESA/Hubble & NASA; D. Carter (LJMU) Acknowledgement: Nick Rose
Release Date
2014-01-13T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1402a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
R, V
Central Wavelength
814, 475
Start Time
Integration Time
1400, 2677
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
195.17486878, 27.9743863614
Reference Dimension
3983.0, 2830.0
Reference Pixel
1991.0, 1415.0
Scale
-1.39374859625e-05, 1.39374859625e-05
Rotation
78.3800000000001
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
potw1402a
Metadata Date
2013-08-30T18:50:39+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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