eso_eso9954h December 21st, 1999
Credit: ESO
This image shows the central cD-type galaxy in the Abell 496 cluster, as obtained with the WFI during the observations with the 2.2-m telescope. The WFI image of Abell 496 was obtained in blue light (B-band) and corresponds to a total integration time of 7560 seconds, split into a number of exposures lasting between 600 and 1200 seconds. The faintest objects just detectable in this image have a B-magnitude of about 26.5.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9954h/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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