APEX view of the region around the Spiderweb galaxy
This image shows the APEX view in sub-millimetre light of the region around the Spiderweb Galaxy — a protocluster of galaxies in the early Universe surrounding a radio galaxy containing a supermassive black hole. Some of the blobs in this image correspond to dusty star-forming galaxies in the protocluster that cannot be seen in visible light due to absorption by dust. The fainter features here are artifacts of the difficult APEX image processing.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso1431b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 15 October 2014, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1431 |
| Size: | 976 x 976 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Spiderweb Galaxy |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Category: | Cosmology |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 11 40 47.95 |
| Position (Dec): | -26° 28' 53.80" |
| Field of view: | 16.31 x 16.31 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Millimeter | Atacama Pathfinder Experiment LABOCA |