Wide field view of MACS 1206 (ground-based image)
This ground-based image, from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, shows the area around galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 (or MACS 1206) for short. The cluster has been observed by Hubble as part of CLASH (Cluster Lensing and Supernova survey with Hubble), a major programme to observe galaxy clusters whose gravity bends and distorts light passing through them.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1115b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 13 October 2011, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1718, heic1115 |
| Size: | 10693 x 10714 px |
About the Object
| Name: | MACS J1206.2-0847 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | 4 billion light years |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Category: | Cosmology Stars |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 6 11.89 |
| Position (Dec): | -8° 47' 56.72" |
| Field of view: | 179.39 x 179.74 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.2° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 467 nm | DSS |
| Optical pseudogreen (B+R) | DSS | |
| Optical R | 630 nm | DSS |
| Infrared I | 797 nm | DSS |