The Spiderweb Galaxy and its surroundings [full ACS view]
![The Spiderweb Galaxy and its surroundings [full ACS view]](/static/archives/images/medium/heic0614b.jpg)
This image shows the full ACS overview of the region around the Spiderweb Galaxy (just to the right of the center). The galaxy is sitting at the centre of an emergent galaxy cluster, surrounded by hundreds of other galaxies from the cluster.
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About the Image
| Id: | heic0614b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 12 October 2006, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0614 |
| Size: | 1706 x 1706 px |
About the Object
| Name: | LEDA 2826829, MRC 1138-262, Spiderweb Galaxy |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Distance: | z=2.156 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
475 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical Pseudogreen (B+I) |
Hubble Space Telescope ACS | |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
