Telescopes Unveil View Of Remote, Massive Galaxy Cluster
These images, taken by three different telescopes, show the distant, hefty galaxy cluster MS1054-0321, containing thousands of galaxies and trillions of stars. Weighing the equivalent of several thousand of our Milky Ways, the cluster is 8 billion light-years from Earth.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | MS1054-0321 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Supercluster |
| Distance: | z=0.823 (redshift) |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| X-ray | Other | |
| Infrared Near-IR | 800 nm | Other |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Notes: The right image is from the Hubble Space Telescope. The left image was captured by the 88-inch telescope at the University of Hawaii, with blue X-ray data from the Rosat satellite.