Wide-field image of the Virgo constellation (ground-based image)
An image of the region of sky around Abell 1689 in the constellation of Virgo, from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field-of-view is approximately 2.9 x 2.7 degrees.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | heic0805h |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 12 February 2008, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0805 |
| Size: | 9797 x 10471 px |
About the Object
| Name: | A1689-zD1, Abell 1689 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed • Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | z=7.6 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS |
| Optical R |
DSS |
