Cluster of galaxies CL0053-37 in NGC 300 field
eso_eso0221d August 7th, 2002
Credit: ESO
The distant cluster of galaxies CL0053-37, as imaged on the WFI photo of the NGC 300 sky field. The elongated distribution of the cluster galaxies, as well as the presence of two large, early-type elliptical galaxies indicate that this cluster is still in the process of formation. Some of the galaxies appear to be merging. From the measured redshift (z = 0.1625), a distance of about 2.1 billion light-years is deduced.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0221d/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
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- ID
- eso0221d
- Subject Category
- D.5.5.3
- Subject Name
- CL0053-37
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2002-08-07T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0221d/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Redshift distance from NED
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Magenta, Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 14.004036, -37.545709
- Reference Dimension
- 1304.0, 1496.0
- Reference Pixel
- 730.077450563, 808.138004199
- Scale
- -6.601344e-05, 6.601344e-05
- Rotation
- 0.06604139640
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso0221d
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0221d.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-01-26T15:06:37+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
