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.

Crédito:

ESO

Sobre la imagen

Identificador:eso0209i
Tipo:Observación
Fecha de publicación:13 de Marzo de 2002
Noticias relacionadas:eso0209
Tamaño:2480 x 2086 px

Sobre el objeto

Nombre:ACO 3341
Tipo:Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster
Distancia:z=0.037 (desplazamiento al rojo)
Constellation:Columba
Categoría:Galaxies
Galaxy Clusters

Formatos de imagen

JPEG grande
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Fondo de pantalla

1024x768
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1280x1024
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1600x1200
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2048x1536
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Coordenadas

Position (RA):5 24 56.51
Position (Dec):-31° 28' 40.69"
Field of view:6.84 x 5.75 arcminutes
Orientación:El norte está a 0.2° a la derecha de la vertical

Colores y filtros

BandaTelescopio
Óptico
R
Very Large Telescope
VIMOS

Exposure time: 300s