Wide-field image of the Virgo constellation (ground-based image)
An image of the region of sky around Abell 1689 in the constellation of Virgo, from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field-of-view is approximately 2.9 x 2.7 degrees.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | heic0805h |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 12 February 2008, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1317, heic0805 |
| Size: | 9797 x 10471 px |
About the Object
| Name: | A1689-zD1, Abell 1689 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | z=7.6 (redshift) |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 13 11 33.89 |
| Position (Dec): | -1° 21' 57.37" |
| Field of view: | 164.64 x 175.96 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° right of vertical |
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