Highlights of the VST image of the Hercules galaxy cluster

Eso_eso1211b_1024

eso_eso1211b March 7th, 2012

Credit: ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute

These highlights, taken from a new image of the young Hercules galaxy cluster from the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) and the OmegaCAM camera, show a wide variety of interacting galaxies. The numerous interactions, and the large number of gas-rich, star-forming spiral galaxies in the cluster, make the members of the Hercules cluster look like the young galaxies of the more distant Universe.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1211b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, 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 2151
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue VST (OmegaCAM) Optical (g) -
Green VST (OmegaCAM) Optical (670) -
Red VST (OmegaCAM) Infrared (i) -
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ID
eso1211b
Subject Category
C.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Abell 2151
Credits
ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute
Release Date
2012-03-07T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1211b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope
Instrument
OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
g, 670, i
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
7958.0, 5378.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1211b
Metadata Date
2012-02-09T14:21:21+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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