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.

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

Om bilden

ID:eso1120d
Typ:Observation
Publiceringsdatum:22 juni 2011 15:00
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso1120
Storlek:3662 x 5253 px

Om objektet

Namn:Abell 2744, Pandora’s Cluster
Typ:Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster
Avstånd:z=0.308 (rödförskjutning)
Constellation:Sculptor
Kategori:Galaxies
Galaxy Clusters

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Koordinater

Position (RA):0 14 20.09
Position (Dec):-30° 23' 18.50"
Field of view:3.05 x 4.38 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord är 24.9° höger om lodrätt

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435 nmHubble Space Telescope
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814 nmHubble Space Telescope
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