The most remote mature cluster of galaxies yet found

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eso_eso1108a March 9th, 2011

Credit: ESO/NOAJ/Subaru/R. Gobat

This image is a composite of very long exposures taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and the NAOJ’s Subaru telescope on Hawaii. Most of the visible objects are very faint and distant galaxies. The clump of faint red objects to the right of centre is the most remote mature cluster of galaxies yet found.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1108a/

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 Type
Observation
Object Name
CL J1449+0856
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Eso_eso1108a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 49m 15.3s
DEC = 8° 56’ 10.8”
Orientation
North is 24.5° CW
Field of View
2.1 x 2.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Bootes

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Subaru (Suprime-Cam) Infrared (Z) -
Cyan Subaru (MOIRCS) Infrared (Y) -
Green VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (J) -
Green Subaru (MOIRCS) Infrared (J) -
Orange Subaru (MOIRCS) Infrared (H) -
Red VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (K) -
Red Subaru (MOIRCS) Infrared (K) -
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ID
eso1108a
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
CL J1449+0856
Credits
ESO/NOAJ/Subaru/R. Gobat
Release Date
2011-03-09T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1108a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Subaru Telescope, Subaru Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Subaru Telescope, Subaru Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Subaru Telescope
Instrument
Suprime-Cam, MOIRCS, ISAAC, MOIRCS, MOIRCS, ISAAC, MOIRCS
Color Assignment
Blue, Cyan, Green, Green, Orange, Red, Red
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Z, Y, J, J, H, K, K
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
222.313827145, 8.93633882564
Reference Dimension
1100.0, 1100.0
Reference Pixel
550.0, 550.0
Scale
-3.24804889963e-05, 3.24804889963e-05
Rotation
-24.500000000000004
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
eso1108a
Metadata Date
2011-03-03T13:00:26+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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