The Lynx Cluster (ground-based view, Digitized Sky Survey 2)
This is a 2.5 degree three colour composite from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 centred on the Lynx galaxy cluster. The blue plate (B) is shown in blue, the red plate (R) in green and the infrared plate (I) in red. The frame shows the outline of the Kitt Peak Mayall 4-m Telescope image.
Credit:European Space Agency, NASA, Robert A.E. Fosbury (European Space Agency/Space Telescope-European Coordinating Facility, Germany) and the Digitized Sky Survey
About the Image
Id: | heic0312d |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 30 October 2003, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0312 |
Size: | 4456 x 4465 px |
About the Object
Name: | Lynx Cluster |
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
Distance: | z=3.356 (redshift) |
Category: | Galaxies |
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