Galaxy cluster Abell 520's hot gas (Chandra)

Esahubble_opo1210f_1024

esahubble_opo1210f March 23rd, 2012

Credit: NASA, ESA, CXO, and M.J. Jee (University of California, Davis)

This image shows regions of hot gas at the core of merging galaxy cluster Abell 520, detected by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The gas is evidence that a collision between massive galaxy clusters took place.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1210f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Abell 520
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Esahubble_opo1210f_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 54m 10.5s
DEC = 2° 54’ 53.4”
Orientation
North is 57.3° CCW
Field of View
8.5 x 5.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Green Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (None) -
Esahubble_opo1210f_1280
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ID
opo1210f
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Abell 520
Credits
NASA, ESA, CXO, and M.J. Jee (University of California, Davis)
Release Date
2012-03-23T17:01:38
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1210f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra
Instrument
ACIS
Color Assignment
Green
Band
X-ray
Bandpass
None
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
73.5435494284, 2.91483260254
Reference Dimension
2734.0, 1758.0
Reference Pixel
1367.0, 879.0
Scale
-5.1609657969e-05, 5.1609657969e-05
Rotation
57.299999999999912
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo1210f
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:50.900769
Metadata Version
1.1
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