Pandora’s Cluster (combined Hubble and VLT view)

This image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744 combines data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, with an image taken with the ESO VLT. Hubble provides the central, most detailed part of the image, while the VLT offers a wider field of view.

This object has been nicknamed Pandora’s Cluster because of the many different and strange phenomena that were unleashed by a huge collision that occurred over a period of 350 million years. A simultaneous pile-up between at least four separate clusters has produced strange effects that have never been seen together before.

Crédit:

NASA, ESA, ESO and D. Coe (STScI)/J. Merten (Heidelberg/Bologna)

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso1120c
Type:Observation
Date de publication:22 juin 2011 15:00
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso1120
Taille:8068 x 8067 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Abell 2744
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster
Distance:z=0.308 (redshift)
Constellation:Sculptor
Catégorie:Galaxies

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
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JPEG taille écran
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Coordinates

Position (RA):0 14 20.51
Position (Dec):-30° 23' 57.19"
Field of view:6.72 x 6.72 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.0° left of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineLongueur d'ondeTélescope
Visible
B
435 nmHubble Space Telescope
ACS
Visible
V
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Visible
V
606 nmHubble Space Telescope
ACS
Visible
R
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Visible
I
814 nmHubble Space Telescope
ACS
Infrarouge
I
Very Large Telescope
FORS1