A wide-field view of the area around the Abell 901/902 supercluster

eso_potw1304b January 28th, 2013

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This wide-field view shows the region around the Abell 901/902 supercluster of galaxies, as seen in visible light. This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. See potw1304a for more information about Abell 901/902.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1304b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: ACO 901-902 SUPERCLUSTER
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Grouping > Supercluster

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Infrared (I)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B+R)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: potw1304b
Subject Category: D.5.5.4
Subject Name: ACO 901-902 SUPERCLUSTER
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2013-01-28T10:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1304b/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes: http://cdsbib.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/cdsbib?2002ApJ...568..141G

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None, None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Orange, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, B+R, B
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: potw1304b

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/potw1304b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2012-03-01T09:52:06+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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