Galaxy Cluster Abell 2218's "Gravitational Lens"

Stsci_2001-32b_1024

stsci_2001-32b October 5th, 2001

Credit: NASA, ESA, Richard Ellis (Caltech) and Jean-Paul Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, France)

A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Abell 2218.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-32

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Abell 2218
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
2,000,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 35m 55.5s
DEC = 66° 12’ 49.5”
Orientation
North is 160.1° CCW
Field of View
1.8 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Draco

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
2001-32b
Subject Category
C.5.5.3   C.6.2.1  
Subject Name
Abell 2218
Credits
NASA, ESA, Richard Ellis (Caltech) and Jean-Paul Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, France)
Release Date
2001-10-05T00:00:00
Lightyears
2,000,000,000
Redshift
2,000,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-32
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in Lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
B, V, I
Central Wavelength
450, 606, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
248.98126086889, 66.21375766917
Reference Dimension
2137.00, 1419.00
Reference Pixel
1140.98037859578, 279.95903559340
Scale
-0.00001384786, 0.00001384786
Rotation
160.13995296850
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 1267.46 1364.90 916.22 334.65 966.41 1539.73 1602.97 209.46 1053.46 1251.69 1240.81 691.99 932.22 1045.21 1330.91 1166.22 Center Pixel Coordinates: 1068.50 248.97389917244 709.50 66.20849066721
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
Rights
http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-H-p0132b-f-2137x1419.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0132b-f-2137x1419.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2001/32
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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