Varied Galaxy Types in the Coma Cluster, a Section of a Larger, Detailed Hubble Image

Stsci_2008-24c_1024

stsci_2008-24c June 10th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

A 2008 Hubble Space Telescope image of Coma Cluster, Abell 1656.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-24

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Coma Cluster Abell 1656
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
300,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 0m 8.1s
DEC = 27° 58’ 37.3”
Orientation
North is 11.7° CW
Field of View
2.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Coma Berenices

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (SDSS g) 475.0 nm
Orange Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Cyan
Orange
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ID
2008-24c
Subject Category
C.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Coma Cluster, Abell 1656
Credits
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2008-06-10T00:00:00
Lightyears
300,000,000
Redshift
300,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-24
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC
Color Assignment
Cyan, Orange
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
SDSS g, I
Central Wavelength
475, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
195.03373800000, 27.97702500000
Reference Dimension
2657.00, 1495.00
Reference Pixel
2476.77478750982, -2592.82946690049
Scale
-0.00001363512, 0.00001363512
Rotation
-11.72249755713
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
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-p0824c-f-2657x1495.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0824c-f-2657x1495.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/24
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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