Galaxy Cluster MS1054-03

Esahubble_opo9928b_1024

esahubble_opo9928b July 15th, 1999

Credit: ESA/NASA, Pieter van Dokkum (University of Groningen/Leiden), Marijn Franx (University of Groningen/Leiden)

Exciting Hubble Space Telescope images of more than a dozen very distant colliding galaxies indicate that, at least in some cases, big massive galaxies form through collisions between smaller ones, in a 'generation after generation' never-ending story.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9928b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
MS1054-03
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Esahubble_opo9928b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 56m 60.0s
DEC = -3° 37’ 35.0”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View
2.2 x 2.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Leo

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 675.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo9928b_1280
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ID
opo9928b
Subject Category
D.5.1.7   D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
MS1054-03
Credits
ESA/NASA, Pieter van Dokkum (University of Groningen/Leiden), Marijn Franx (University of Groningen/Leiden)
Release Date
1999-07-15T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9928b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, R
Central Wavelength
814, 675
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
164.249816802, -3.62640093614
Reference Dimension
1328.0, 1291.0
Reference Pixel
664.0, 645.5
Scale
-2.76589168015e-05, 2.76589168015e-05
Rotation
0.65999999999999992
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.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
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9928b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:54:25+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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