Wide-field view of the sky around the rich galaxy cluster Abell 1689

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eso_eso1508d March 2nd, 2015

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This view from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 shows the region of sky in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) around the rich galaxy cluster Abell 1689. Many other, much closer, galaxies can also be seen in this picture.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1508d/

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 1689
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 11m 33.9s
DEC = -1° 21’ 57.2”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
2.7 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation
Virgo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R') -
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1508d
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Abell 1689
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2015-03-02T17:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1508d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R', B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
197.891260731, -1.36588614945
Reference Dimension
9797.0, 10471.0
Reference Pixel
4898.0, 5235.0
Scale
-0.000279800968088, 0.000279800968088
Rotation
-0.039999999999999966
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
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
eso1508d
Metadata Date
2015-02-24T10:08:04+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

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