The most remote mature cluster of galaxies yet found
This image from the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows CL J1449+0856, the most distant mature cluster of galaxies found. The image was taken in infrared light, with colour data added from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and NAOJ’s Subaru Telescope.
Credit:NASA, ESA, R. Gobat (Laboratoire AIM-Paris-Saclay, CEA/DSM-CNRS–Université Paris Diderot)
About the Image
| Id: | ann1105a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 9 March 2011, 10:00 |
| Related announcements: | ann1105 |
| Size: | 512 x 485 px |
About the Object
| Name: | CL J1449+0856 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | z=2.07 (redshift) |
| Constellation: | Bootes |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 14 49 14.36 |
| Position (Dec): | 8° 56' 17.54" |
| Field of view: | 0.85 x 0.81 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 35.1° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Infrared Near-IR | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |
Notes: Colour information added from VLT and Subaru observations. The NICMOS image was taken through a single filter.