Wide-field view of the Hercules galaxy cluster

Eso_eso1211d_1024

eso_eso1211d March 7th, 2012

Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

This visible-light wide-field image of the region around the Hercules cluster of galaxies was created from photographs taken through blue and red filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The galaxy cluster appears as a swarm of faint galaxies close to the centre of the image.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1211d/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Abell 2151
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Eso_eso1211d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 5m 15.0s
DEC = 17° 44’ 54.7”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View
3.0 x 3.1 degrees
Constellation
Hercules

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1211d
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Abell 2151
Credits
ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.
Release Date
2012-03-07T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1211d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
241.312644, 17.748527
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1336.0
Reference Pixel
643.506990007, 689.012039927
Scale
-0.00231538825, 0.00231538825
Rotation
0.18835720182
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
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
eso1211d
Metadata Date
2011-08-29T14:49:20+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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