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noirlab_noirlab2012b June 4th, 2020

Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Galaxy clusters are massive conglomerations of hundreds or even thousands of galaxies, bound together by their mutual gravitational attraction.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2012b/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Abell 3827

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 1m 50.8s; DEC = -59° 56’ 50.9”
Orientation: North is 45.8° CW
Field of View: 18.8 x 12.6 arcminutes
Constellation: Indus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Blanco-4m (DECam)	(i)	772.0 nm
	Blanco-4m (DECam)	(r)	637.0 nm
	Blanco-4m (DECam)	(g)	472.0 nm
	Blanco-4m (DECam)	(lensing surface mass)	0.0

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Pseudocolor

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ID: noirlab2012b
Subject Category
Subject Name: Abell 3827
Credits: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Release Date: 2020-06-04T03:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2012b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
Instrument: DECam, DECam, DECam, DECam
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue, Pseudocolor

Band
Bandpass: i, r, g, lensing surface mass
Central Wavelength: 772, 637, 472, 0

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 330.461862821, -59.947473905
Reference Dimension: 4297.0, 2865.0

Reference Pixel: 2148.5, 1432.5
Scale: -7.30797025584e-05, 7.30797025584e-05
Rotation: -45.800000000000047
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email

Telephone
Address: 950 North Cherry Ave.
City: Tucson
State/Province: AZ

Postal Code: 85719
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID: noirlab
Resource ID: noirlab2012b

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2012b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-05-09T17:17:18+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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