Compass and scale image for Abell 1689 dark matter map
Compass and scale image for Abell 1689 dark matter map.
Credit:
Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI). Science Credit: NASA, ESA, D. Coe (NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, and Space Telescope Science Institute), N. Benítez (Institute of Astrophysics of Andulucía, Spain), T. Broadhurst (University of the Basque Country, Spain), and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo1037b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 11 November 2010, 17:00 |
| Size: | 2400 x 2460 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell 1689 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Supercluster • Early Universe : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Dark Matter |
| Distance: | z=0.183 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
475 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical R |
625 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared I |
775 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared Z |
850 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
Notes: A map of the dark matter in Abell 1689 has been added to this image in blue.
