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'El Gordo' (Mass Map)

CreditsNASA, ESA, J. Jee (University of California, Davis), J. Hughes (Rutgers University), F. Menanteau (Rutgers University and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C. Sifon (Leiden Observatory), R. Mandelbum (Carnegie Mellon University), L. Barrientos (Universidad Catolic...

Date
Jan 1, 2014
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2014-22-3366-image
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Credits

NASA, ESA, J. Jee (University of California, Davis), J. Hughes (Rutgers University), F. Menanteau (Rutgers University and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C. Sifon (Leiden Observatory), R. Mandelbum (Carnegie Mellon University), L. Barrientos (Universidad Catolica de Chile), and K. Ng (University of California, Davis)

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameEl Gordo, ACT-CL J0102-4915
Object DescriptionGalaxy Cluster Derived Mass
R.A. Position01h 2m 52.99s
Dec. Position-49° 15' 19.01"
ConstellationPhoenix
Distance9.7 billion light-years (3 billion parsecs)

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