Pandora’s cluster (VLT view)

This image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile shows a wide view of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 2744. This object has been nicknamed Pandora’s Cluster because so many different and strange phenomena have been unleashed by a huge collision that occurred over a period of 350 million years. A simultaneous pile-up between at least four separate clusters produced strange effects that have never been seen together before. The VLT data were used to study the distribution of dark matter in this complex cluster.

Crediti:

ESO & D. Coe (STScI)/J. Merten (Heidelberg/Bologna)

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Identificazione:eso1120b
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di rilascio:Mercoledì 22 Giugno 2011 15:00
Notizie relative:eso1120
Grandezza:2017 x 2017 px

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Nome:Abell 2744
Tipo:Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster
Distanza:z=0.308 (spostamento del rosso)
Constellation:Sculptor
Categoria:Galaxy Clusters

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Position (RA):0 14 20.41
Position (Dec):-30° 23' 56.72"
Field of view:6.71 x 6.71 arcminutes
Orientazione:Il Nord è a 0.0° a sinistra della verticale

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Very Large Telescope
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Very Large Telescope
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Infrarosso
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Very Large Telescope
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