Visible light view of a distant galaxy cluster discovered in the XXL survey
This distant cluster of galaxies was discovered by the XXL survey. It was found by its telltale X-ray emission coming from hot gas, which was detected by ESA's XMM-Newton satellite. The distances to individual galaxies were found using ESO and other telescopes, to allow a three-dimensional view of the distribution of galaxy clusters to be determined.
This image was obtained using the Canada France Hawaii Telescope.
Credit:XXL consortium/Canada France Hawaii Telescope
About the Image
| Id: | eso1548c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 15 December 2015, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1548 |
| Size: | 2261 x 2261 px |
About the Object
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Large-Scale Structure Early Universe : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Dark Matter |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Category: | Galaxy Clusters |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 2 10 56.41 |
| Position (Dec): | -6° 12' 0.34" |
| Field of view: | 7.02 x 7.02 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is -0.0° left of vertical |
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