Galaxy Cluster MS1054-03

Esahubble_opo9928g_1024

esahubble_opo9928g July 15th, 1999

Credit: ESA/NASA, Pieter van Dokkum (University of Groningen/Leiden), Marijn Franx (University of Groningen/Leiden)

Exciting Hubble Space Telescope images of more than a dozen very distant colliding galaxies indicate that, at least in some cases, big massive galaxies form through collisions between smaller ones, in a 'generation after generation' never-ending story.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9928g/

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
MS1054-03
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo9928g_1280
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ID
opo9928g
Subject Category
D.5.1.7   D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
MS1054-03
Credits
ESA/NASA, Pieter van Dokkum (University of Groningen/Leiden), Marijn Franx (University of Groningen/Leiden)
Release Date
1999-07-15T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9928g/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Redshift distance from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, V
Central Wavelength
814, 606
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
340.0, 340.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo9928g
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:54:30+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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