Galaxy C153 in Cluster Abell 2125 in X-ray (Chandra)

Esahubble_opo0402d_1024

esahubble_opo0402d January 6th, 2004

Credit: Q. Daniel Wang (U Mass.)

Trailing 200,000-light-year-long streamers of seething gas, a galaxy that was once like our Milky Way is being shredded as it plunges at 4.5 million miles per hour through the heart of a distant cluster of galaxies. In this unusually violent collision with ambient cluster gas, the galaxy is stripped down to its skeletal spiral arms as it is eviscerated of fresh hydrogen for making new stars.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0402d/

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 2125 C153
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Esahubble_opo0402d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 15h 41m 9.8s
DEC = 66° 15’ 45.8”
Orientation
North is 4.7° CW
Field of View
0.6 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Draco

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Purple Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (Soft X-ray) 3.546 nm
Spectrum_xray1
Purple
Esahubble_opo0402d_1280
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ID
opo0402d
Subject Category
D.5.1.7   D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Abell 2125, C153
Credits
Q. Daniel Wang (U Mass.)
Release Date
2004-01-06T15:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0402d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Redshift distance from NED
Facility
Chandra
Instrument
ACIS
Color Assignment
Purple
Band
X-ray
Bandpass
Soft X-ray
Central Wavelength
3.546
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
235.2906999, 66.2627094
Reference Dimension
680.0, 614.0
Reference Pixel
341.0, 308.0
Scale
-1.37243930237e-05, 1.37684336757e-05
Rotation
-4.7
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
opo0402d
Metadata Date
2003-12-03T09:25:55-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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