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ACO 3341

This photo of the galaxy cluster ACO 3341 is from a collection of the first images obtained with VIMOS. ACO 3341 is located at a distance of almost 500 million light years (redshift z = 0.037), comparatively nearby in cosmological terms. It contains a large number of galaxies of different sizes and brightness that is bound together by gravity. The image is in the R-band and was obtained on March 4, 2002. Exposure 300 seconds, image quality 0.5 arcsec FWHM; field 7 x 7 arcmin2; North is up and East is left.

Credit:

ESO

About the Image

Id:eso0209i
Type:Observation
Release date:13 March 2002
Related releases:eso0209
Size:2480 x 2086 px

About the Object

Name:ACO 3341
Type:• Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster
• Galaxy Clusters
Distance:z=0.037 (redshift)

Coordinates

Position (RA):93.9282109679 °
Position (Dec):-20.5461154821 °

Colours & filters

BandTelescope
Optical
R
Very Large Telescope
VIMOS

Images

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