Intracluster light
This animation switches between an original image of the galaxy cluster MACS J0416.1–2403, as it was observed by the Frontier Field team, and a version, in which the intracluster light (in blue) is highlighted.
Intracluster light is a byproduct of interactions between galaxies. It can be used to make the distribution of dark matter in galaxy clusters visible.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, NASA, HST Frontier Fields team (STScI), and M. Montes & I. Trujillo
About the Video
| Id: | heic1820a |
| Release date: | 20 December 2018, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1820 |
| Duration: | 20 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | MACS J0416.1-2403 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Category: | Cosmology Galaxies |
