NASA's Great Observatories Weigh Massive Young Galaxy Cluster
chandra_617 January 7th, 2016
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Missouri/M.Brodwin et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: JPL/CalTech
Astronomers have made the most detailed study yet of an extremely massive young galaxy cluster using three of NASA's Great Observatories. This multi-wavelength image shows this galaxy cluster, IDCS 1426.5+3508, in X-rays from Chandra (blue), visible light from Hubble (green), and infrared light from Spitzer (red). This rare galaxy cluster weighs almost 500 trillion Suns and it was observed when the Universe was less than a third of its current age. It is the most massive galaxy cluster detected at such an early epoch, and, thus, has important implications for understanding how these mega-structures formed and evolved in the young Universe.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/idcs1426/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 617
- Subject Category
- D.5.5.3 D.6.2.3
- Subject Name
- IDCS J1426.5+3508
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Missouri/M.Brodwin et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: JPL/CalTech
- Release Date
- 2016-01-07
- Lightyears
- 10,000,000,000
- Redshift
- 1.75
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/idcs1426/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Spitzer
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACS, ACS, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, IRAC
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Green, Green, Green, Green, Red
- Band
- X-ray, Optical, Optical, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- X-ray, V-band, I-band, Near-IR, Near-IR, Near-IR, Near-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 606, 814, 1050, 1400, 1600, 3600
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 216.6357776, 35.1393564
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.0, 3600.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1801.0, 1801.0
- Scale
- 8.60336e-06, 8.6033631e-06
- Rotation
- -0.11
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu
- Name
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
- Telephone
- 617.496.7941
- Address
- 60 Garden St.
- City
- Cambridge
- State/Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
- Publisher
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- idcs1426.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/idcs1426/idcs1426.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2016-01-05
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
