Simulation of the merging events in Abell 2744
This animation shows how the remarkable merger event that created the galaxy cluster Abell 2944, nicknamed Pandora’s Cluster, may have happened. The red regions are clouds of very hot gas, detected by their X-ray emission. The blue clouds are regions rich in dark matter that can only be discovered indirectly by their gravitational influence. This animation shows how the different components behaved over a period of 350 million years, leading up to their currently observed positions.
Credit:ESO/L. Calçada and J. Merten (Heidelberg/Bologna)
About the Video
Id: | heic1111b |
Release date: | 22 June 2011, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic1111 |
Duration: | 39 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Abell 2744 |
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
Category: | Cosmology HD |
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