A ground-based wide-angle image of Abell 2218
This wide-angle image spans 0.4 by 0.4 degrees and was taken by the 12k camera on Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, United States. The image is composited by three exposures through blue (B), red (R), and infrared (I) filters.
Credit:
European Space Agency, J.-P. Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées) and CFHT
About the Image
| Id: | heic0404c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 15 February 2004, 18:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0404 |
| Size: | 3500 x 3408 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell 2218 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy • Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed |
| Distance: | z=0.17 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
CTIO |
| Optical R |
CTIO |
| Infrared I |
CTIO |
