Cluster of Galaxies Abell 496
This image displays a 0.5° x 0.5° sky field centered on the distant cluster of galaxies Abell 496, as imaged by the WFI at the 2.2-m MPG/ESO telescope at La Silla during a total exposure time of just over 2 hours. The original frame is a composite of several shorter exposures and encompasses approx. 8000 x 8000 pixels. The (nearly vertical, divided by the exposures) trail of a minor planet in the solar system is seen to the left of the centre.
The WFI image of Abell 496 was obtained in blue light (B-band) and corresponds to a total integration time of 7560 seconds, split into a number of exposures lasting between 600 and 1200 seconds. The faintest objects just detectable in this image have a B-magnitude of about 26.5.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso9954f |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 21 December 1999 |
| Related releases: | eso9954 |
| Size: | 1962 x 1989 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell 496 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster • Galaxy Clusters |
| Distance: | 450 million light years |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 4h 33m 37.75s |
| Position (Dec): | -13° 15' 42.28" |
| Field of view: | 31.10 x 31.53 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° right of vertical |
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| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
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