Hubble infrared image of the most remote mature cluster of galaxies yet found

eso_eso1108b March 9th, 2011

Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Gobat (Laboratoire AIM-Paris-Saclay, CEA/DSM-CNRS–Université Paris Diderot)

This image from the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows CG J1449+0856, the most distant mature cluster of galaxies found. The image was taken in infrared light, with colour data added from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the NAOJ’s Subaru Telescope.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1108b/

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: ClG J1449+0856
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Grouping > Supercluster

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 14h 49m 14.3s; DEC = 8° 56’ 20.9”
Orientation: North is 35.0° CW
Field of View: 0.9 x 0.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Bootes

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	None (None)		-
	Hubble (NICMOS)	(H)	-
Colour added using data collected from the ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the NAOJ’s Subaru Telescope.

ID: eso1108b
Subject Category: D.5.5.4
Subject Name: ClG J1449+0856
Credits: NASA, ESA, R. Gobat (Laboratoire AIM-Paris-Saclay, CEA/DSM-CNRS–Université Paris Diderot)

Release Date: 2011-03-09T10:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1108b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: None, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: None, NICMOS
Color Assignment

Band
Bandpass: -, H
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: C

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 222.309553634, 8.93912649254
Reference Dimension: 512.0, 485.0

Reference Pixel: 256.0, 242.5
Scale: -2.78535757126e-05, 2.78535757126e-05
Rotation: -35.019999999999996
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: eso1108b

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1108b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2011-03-03T11:59:29+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

There is no distance meta data in this image.