esahubble_heic2213a October 27th, 2022
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, P. Kelly, M. Postman, J. Richard, S. Allen
In celebration of Halloween, Hubble brings you this inky image of the galaxy cluster Abell 611, located roughly 3.2 billion light years from Earth. This object is a popular target for investigating dark matter, in part because of the numerous examples of strong gravitational lensing visible amongst the cluster’s intricate web of galaxies. [Image Description: Hundreds of small galaxies appear across this view. Their colours vary. Some are shades of orange, while others are white. Most appear as fuzzy ovals, but a few have distinct spiral arms. There are also many thin, long, orange arcs that curve around the centre of the image, where there is a prominent orange glow.]
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2213a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Infrared (Fe II) | 1.3 µm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Infrared (Y) | 1.1 µm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Infrared (YJ) | 1.1 µm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Infrared (J) | 1.3 µm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Infrared (JH) | 1.4 µm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (H) | 1.6 µm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (i) | 775.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (V) | 606.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (B) | 438.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (g) | 475.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (I) | 814.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (Long pass z) | 850.0 nm |
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