The Spiderweb Galaxy and its surroundings (full ACS view)
This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the full ACS overview of the region around the Spiderweb Galaxy (just to the right of the centre). The galaxy is sitting at the centre of an emergent galaxy cluster, surrounded by hundreds of other galaxies from the cluster.
Credit:NASA, ESA, G. Miley and R. Overzier (Leiden Observatory), and the ACS Science Team Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble).
About the Image
| Id: | eso1431c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 15 October 2014, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1431 |
| Size: | 6657 x 3913 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Spiderweb Galaxy |
| Type: | Unspecified : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Category: | Cosmology |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 11 40 47.36 |
| Position (Dec): | -26° 29' 20.77" |
| Field of view: | 5.56 x 3.27 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 175.0° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 475 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical Pseudogreen (B+I) | Hubble Space Telescope ACS | |
| Infrared I | 814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |