Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Coma Cluster, Abell 1656 |
| Object Description: |
Galaxy Cluster |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 12h 59m 48s.70
Dec. +27° 58' 50".00 |
| Constellation: |
Coma Berenices |
| Distance: |
300 million light-years or 90 million parsecs |
| Dimensions: |
The image is approximately 9 arcminutes (1.7 million light-years or 500 kiloparsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from proposal 10861: D. Carter (Liverpool John Moores University) and collaborators. |
| Instrument: |
ACS/WFC |
| Filters: |
F475W (SDSS g), F814W (I) |
| Exposure Date(s): |
November, 2006 - January, 2007 |
| Exposure Time: |
12 hours |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
| Release Date: |
June 10, 2008 |
| Color |
The image is a composite of several separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Two filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges in the yellow and near infrared. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
| F475W (SDSS g) |
cyan |
| F814W (I) |
orange |
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| Orientation/Scale: |
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