Hubble image of Abell 68

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esahubble_heic1304a March 5th, 2013

Credit: NASA & ESA. Acknowledgement: N. Rose

Abell 68, pictured here in infrared light, is a galaxy cluster. The effect of its gravity on light means it boosts Hubbles power, greatly increasingthe telescopes ability to observe distant and faint objects. The fuzzy collection of blobs in the middle and upper left of the image is a swarm of galaxies, each with hundreds of billions of stars and vast amounts of dark matter. Distorted shapes visible throughout the field of view are distant galaxies whose light has been bent and amplified by the cluster.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1304a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, 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
Abell 68
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 37m 5.4s
DEC = 9° 10’ 3.2”
Orientation
North is 108.3° CW
Field of View
2.3 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Pisces

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Green Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (Y) 1.1 µm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
heic1304a
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Abell 68
Credits
NASA & ESA. Acknowledgement: N. Rose
Release Date
2013-03-05T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1304a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
H, Y, I
Central Wavelength
1600, 1100, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
9.2724900164, 9.16755846137
Reference Dimension
1535.0, 1360.0
Reference Pixel
758.342317708, 678.137462461
Scale
-2.500289e-05, 2.500289e-05
Rotation
-108.31933255144
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.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
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1304a
Metadata Date
2012-12-11T11:46:25+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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