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: | heic1115 |
| Size: | 10693 x 10714 px |
About the Object
| Name: | MACS J1206.2-0847 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster • Stars Images/Videos • Cosmology Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 4 billion light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS |
| Optical pseudogreen (B+R) |
DSS |
| Optical R |
DSS |
| Infrared I |
DSS |
