Digitized Sky Survey 2 wide-angle image of Abell 2218 (ground-based image)
This image is composited from blue, red and infrared exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 and shows 1.5 x 1.5 degrees centered on galaxy cluster Abell 2218.
Credit:
European Space Agency, J.-P. Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées) and DSS2
About the Image
| Id: | heic0404d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 15 February 2004, 18:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0404 |
| Size: | 3500 x 3500 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell 2218 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed |
| Distance: | z=0.17 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS |
| Infrared I |
DSS |
