Pandora’s Cluster — Hubble view of Abell 2744
This image from the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the central regions of the remarkable merging galaxy cluster Abell 2744. 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.
Credit:NASA, ESA and D. Coe (STScI)/J. Merten (Heidelberg/Bologna)
About the Image
| Id: | eso1120d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 22 June 2011, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1120 |
| Size: | 3662 x 5253 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell 2744, Pandora’s Cluster |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | z=0.308 (redshift) |
| Constellation: | Sculptor |
| Category: | Galaxies Galaxy Clusters |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 0 14 20.09 |
| Position (Dec): | -30° 23' 18.50" |
| Field of view: | 3.05 x 4.38 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 24.9° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical V | 606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical I | 814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |