A Cosmic Cobweb
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
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Color Mapping
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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 |
- ID
- heic2213a
- Subject Category
- E.5.5.3
- Subject Name
- Abell 611
- Credits
- ESA/Hubble, NASA, P. Kelly, M. Postman, J. Richard, S. Allen
- Release Date
- 2022-10-27T16:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://esahubble.org/images/heic2213a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Red, Red, Red, Red, Green, Cyan, Blue, Blue, Green, Green
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Fe II, Y, YJ, J, JH, H, i, V, B, g, I, Long pass z
- Central Wavelength
- 1260, 1050, 1100, 1250, 1400, 1600, 775, 606, 438, 475, 814, 850
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 120.23666079324872, 36.0570412749835
- Reference Dimension
- 4522.0, 4081.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2261.0, 2040.5
- Scale
- -8.33834321371785e-06, 8.33834321371785e-06
- Rotation
- 37.140000000000157
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- https://esahubble.org
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- United States
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- heic2213a
- Resource URL
- http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic2213a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2022-10-19T15:24:29+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
