Pandora’s Cluster — Hubble view of Abell 2744

This image from the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the central regions of the remarkable merging galaxy cluster Abell 2744. This object has been nicknamed Pandora’s Cluster because of the many different and strange phenomena that were unleashed by a huge collision that occurred over a period of 350 million years. A simultaneous pile-up between at least four separate clusters has produced strange effects that have never been seen together before.

Kilde:

NASA, ESA and D. Coe (STScI)/J. Merten (Heidelberg/Bologna)

Om billedet

Id:eso1120d
Type:Observation
Udgivelsesdato:22. juni 2011 15:00
Relaterede pressemeddelelser:eso1120
Størrelse:3662 x 5253 px

Om objektet

Navn:Abell 2744, Pandora’s Cluster
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster
Afstand:z=0.308 (rødforskydning)
Constellation:Sculptor
Kategori:Galaxies
Galaxy Clusters

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Position (RA):0 14 20.09
Position (Dec):-30° 23' 18.50"
Field of view:3.05 x 4.38 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord er 24.9° droite fra lodret

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