Galaxy Cluster Abell 1835
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image was taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) in red light. The two hour exposure spans 2.5 arcminutes. The image shows an overview of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 1835 (right) which is acting as a gravitational telescope enhancing the light from background galaxies. The galaxy cluster is at a distance of 3.5 billion light years and numerous gravitational arcs can be seen in the image. In the centre of the cluster a massive giant elliptical galaxy is surrounded by several smaller ellipticals. The box indicates the galaxy SMM J14011+0252, also called J1/J2, which was first observed with the SCUBA (Sub-millimetre Common User Bolometer Array) instrument on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii.
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Credit:
ESA & Jean-Paul Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0005b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 6 September 2000, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0005 |
| Size: | 2970 x 3008 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell 1835, J1/J2, SMM J14011+0252 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst • Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | z=2.565 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical R |
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
