Galaxy Cluster Travels Down an Intergalactic Highway

chandra_761 July 2nd, 2021

Credit: X-ray: (Chandra: NASA/CXC/Univ. Bonn/A. Veronica et al; XMM-Newton: ESA/XMM-Newton); Optical: DES/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Radio: CSIRO/ASKAP/EMU

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/nclump/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Northern Clump

Distance

690,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position: RA = 6h 21m 43.2s; DEC = 0° 31’ 36.8”
Field of View: 8.8 x 8.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Monoceros

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray	-
CTIO (DECam)	Optical	-
ASKAT/EMU (EMU)	Radio	-
XMM	X-ray	-

ID: 761
Subject Category
Subject Name: Northern Clump
Credits: X-ray: (Chandra: NASA/CXC/Univ. Bonn/A. Veronica et al; XMM-Newton: ESA/XMM-Newton); Optical: DES/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Radio: CSIRO/ASKAP/EMU

Release Date: 2021-07-02
Lightyears: 690,000,000
Redshift: 690,000,000
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/nclump/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra X-Ray Observatory, CTIO, ASKAT/EMU, XMM-Newton
Instrument: ACIS, DECam, EMU
Color Assignment: Purple, Pseudocolor, Red, Blue

Band: X-ray, Optical, Radio, X-ray
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time: 2010-10-03-0000, -, -, -
Integration Time: 108000, -, -, -
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value: 95.43, -0.5269
Reference Dimension: 2000, 2000

Reference Pixel: 1000, 1000
Scale: -7.294830720639E-05, 7.294830720639E-05
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

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Publisher: Chandra X-ray Center
Publisher ID: chandra
Resource ID

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/nclump/nclump.tif
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Metadata Date: 2021-07-02T12:16:31-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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690,000,000 light years