The area around SpARCS1049+56 (ground-based image)
This image shows the region of sky around the the distant galaxy cluster SpARCS1049+56. It took the light of the cluster 9.8 billion light-years to reach us. The cluster houses at least 27 galaxies, probably more, and has a combined mass equal to 400 trillion Suns.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
Id: | heic1519c |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 10 September 2015, 19:00 |
Related releases: | heic1519 |
Size: | 5329 x 5319 px |
About the Object
Name: | SpARCS1049+56 |
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
Constellation: | Ursa Major |
Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
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Screensize JPEG
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1600x1200
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1920x1200
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2048x1536
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 10 49 26.85 |
Position (Dec): | 56° 40' 44.88" |
Field of view: | 89.47 x 89.30 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 2.8° left of vertical |