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Visible light view of a distant galaxy cluster discovered in the XXL survey

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eso_eso1548c December 15th, 2015

Credit: XXL consortium/Canada France Hawaii Telescope

This distant cluster of galaxies was discovered by the XXL survey. It was found by its telltale X-ray emission coming from hot gas, which was detected by ESA's XMM-Newton satellite. The distances to individual galaxies were found using ESO and other telescopes, to allow a three-dimensional view of the distribution of galaxy clusters to be determined. This image was obtained using the Canada France Hawaii Telescope.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1548c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster; Cosmology > Morphology > Large-Scale Structure; Cosmology > Phenomenon > Dark Matter

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 2h 10m 56.4s; DEC = -6° 12’ 0.3”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 7.0 x 7.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Cetus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	CFHT (MegaCam)	Optical (z)	-
	CFHT (MegaCam)	Optical (r)	-
	CFHT (MegaCam)	Optical (u)	-

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ID: eso1548c
Subject Category: D.5.5.3 D.6.1.2 D.6.2.3
Subject Name
Credits: XXL consortium/Canada France Hawaii Telescope

Release Date: 2015-12-15T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1548c/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: CFHT, CFHT, CFHT
Instrument: MegaCam, MegaCam, MegaCam
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: z, r, u
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 32.7350310971, -6.20009461866
Reference Dimension: 2261.0, 2261.0

Reference Pixel: 1130.0, 1130.0
Scale: -5.17140989372e-05, 5.17140989372e-05
Rotation: -0
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org
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Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso1548c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1548c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-03-28T10:06:20.146894
Metadata Version: 1.1

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