APEX view of the region around the Spiderweb galaxy

Eso_eso1431b_1024

eso_eso1431b October 15th, 2014

Credit: ESO

This image shows the APEX view in sub-millimetre light of the region around the Spiderweb Galaxy — a protocluster of galaxies in the early Universe surrounding a radio galaxy containing a supermassive black hole. Some of the blobs in this image correspond to dusty star-forming galaxies in the protocluster that cannot be seen in visible light due to absorption by dust. The fainter features here are artifacts of the difficult APEX image processing.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1431b/

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
Spiderweb Galaxy
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Eso_eso1431b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 40m 47.9s
DEC = -26° 28’ 53.8”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
16.3 x 16.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor APEX (LABOCA) Millimeter -
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ID
eso1431b
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Spiderweb Galaxy
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2014-10-15T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1431b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
Instrument
LABOCA
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Millimeter
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
175.199774808, -26.4816113549
Reference Dimension
976.0, 976.0
Reference Pixel
488.0, 488.0
Scale
-0.000278598567089, 0.000278598567089
Rotation
0
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
ohainaut
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
eso1431b
Metadata Date
2014-10-08T09:51:08+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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