Galaxy Cluster Abell 2218 - a Cosmic Magnifying Glass

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esahubble_heic9910b January 24th, 2000

Credit: NASA, ESA, Andrew Fruchter (STScI), and the ERO team (STScI + ST-ECF)

Scanning the heavens for the first time since the successful December 1999 servicing mission, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a giant, cosmic magnifying glass, a massive cluster of galaxies called Abell 2218. This 'hefty' cluster resides in the constellation Draco, some 2 billion light-years from Earth.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic9910b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Abell 2218
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Esahubble_heic9910b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 35m 53.4s
DEC = 66° 12’ 26.5”
Orientation
North is 160.4° CCW
Field of View
2.6 x 1.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Draco

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
heic9910b
Subject Category
D.5.1.8   D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Abell 2218
Credits
NASA, ESA, Andrew Fruchter (STScI), and the ERO team (STScI + ST-ECF)
Release Date
2000-01-24T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic9910b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 606, 450
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
248.972696393, 66.2073580802
Reference Dimension
3109.0, 1587.0
Reference Pixel
1554.5, 793.5
Scale
-1.38441554027e-05, 1.38441554027e-05
Rotation
160.35999999999976
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
heic9910b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:14:48+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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