ACO 3341

Eso_eso0209i_1024

eso_eso0209i March 13th, 2002

Credit: ESO

This photo of the galaxy cluster ACO 3341 is from a collection of the first images obtained with VIMOS. ACO 3341 is located at a distance of almost 500 million light years (redshift z = 0.037), comparatively nearby in cosmological terms. It contains a large number of galaxies of different sizes and brightness that is bound together by gravity. The image is in the R-band and was obtained on March 4, 2002. Exposure 300 seconds, image quality 0.5 arcsec FWHM; field 7 x 7 arcmin2; North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0209i/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
ACO 3341
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Eso_eso0209i_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 24m 56.5s
DEC = -31° 28’ 40.7”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CW
Field of View
6.8 x 5.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Columba

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (VIMOS) Optical (R) -
Eso_eso0209i_1280
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ID
eso0209i
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
ACO 3341
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2002-03-13T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0209i/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
VIMOS
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
300
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
81.235465, -31.477969
Reference Dimension
2480.0, 2086.0
Reference Pixel
4196.07708047, 3165.36393323
Scale
-4.595967e-05, 4.595967e-05
Rotation
-0.22651649152
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0209i
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0209i.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:26:57.427497
Metadata Version
1.1
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