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.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0209i
Type:Observation
Date de publication:13 mars 2002
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0209
Taille:2480 x 2086 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:ACO 3341
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster
Distance:z=0.037 (redshift)
Constellation:Columba
Catégorie:Galaxies
Galaxy Clusters

Image Formats

Grand JPEG
501,2 Kio
JPEG taille écran
106,5 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
131,2 Kio
1280x1024
190,3 Kio
1600x1200
242,9 Kio
1920x1200
256,7 Kio
2048x1536
337,1 Kio

Coordinates

Position (RA):5 24 56.51
Position (Dec):-31° 28' 40.69"
Field of view:6.84 x 5.75 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.2° right of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
Visible
R
Very Large Telescope
VIMOS

Exposure time: 300s