'El Gordo' (Chandra X-ray)

stsci_2014-22e April 3rd, 2014

Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Jee (University of California, Davis), J. Hughes (Rutgers University), F. Menanteau (Rutgers University and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C. Sifon (Leiden Observatory), R. Mandelbum (Carnegie Mellon University), L. Barrientos (Universidad Catolica de Chile), and K. Ng (University of California, Davis)

A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of El Gordo, ACT-CL J0102-4915.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2014/news-2014-22

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: El Gordo • ACT-CL J0102-4915
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed; Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster; Cosmology > Phenomenon > Dark Matter

Distance

9,700,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 2m 55.3s; DEC = -49° 15’ 18.3”
Orientation: North is 50.2° CW
Field of View: 5.3 x 3.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Phoenix

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray (X-ray)	826.7 pm

ID: 2014-22e
Subject Category: D.5.1.8 D.5.5.3 D.6.2.3
Subject Name: El Gordo, ACT-CL J0102-4915
Credits: NASA, ESA, J. Jee (University of California, Davis), J. Hughes (Rutgers University), F. Menanteau (Rutgers University and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C. Sifon (Leiden Observatory), R. Mandelbum (Carnegie Mellon University), L. Barrientos (Universidad Catolica de Chile), and K. Ng (University of California, Davis)

Release Date: 2014-04-03T00:00:00
Lightyears: 9,700,000,000
Redshift: 9,700,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2014/news-2014-22

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra
Instrument: ACIS
Color Assignment: Red

Band: X-ray
Bandpass: X-ray
Central Wavelength: 0.8267

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Integration Time
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 15.7305633, -49.2550899
Reference Dimension: 3600.0, 2182.0

Reference Pixel: 1801.0, 1092.0
Scale: 2.46267e-05, 2.4626652e-05
Rotation: -50.230000
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p1422e-f-6184x3748.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/22

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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9,700,000,000 light years