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MACS 0416 (Hubble + Webb Compass Image)
Image of galaxy cluster MACS0416 captured in visible light by Hubble’s ACS and WFC3 and in infrared light by Webb’s NIRCam, with compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference. The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky. Note that the r...
- Date
- Nov 10, 2023
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2023-146-01hdhhnw3yk65d9913jam8n5e9
Image of galaxy cluster MACS0416 captured in visible light by Hubble’s ACS and WFC3 and in infrared light by Webb’s NIRCam, with compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference.
The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky. Note that the relationship between north and east on the sky (as seen from below) is flipped relative to direction arrows on a map of the ground (as seen from above).
The scale bar is labeled in arcminutes, which is an angle on the sky equivalent to one-60th of a degree. (The scale bar is half an arcminute long.) The full image is approximately 2.2 acrminutes across.
This image shows visible and near-infrared wavelengths of light that have been translated into colors. The color key shows which Hubble ACS and WFC3 and Webb NIRCam filters were used when collecting the light. The color of each filter name is the visible light color used to represent the light that passes through that filter.
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NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose M. Diego (IFCA), Jordan C. J. D'Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | MACS J0416.1-2403 |
| Object Description | Lensing Galaxy Cluster |
| R.A. Position | 04:16:9.89 |
| Dec. Position | -24:03:58.0 |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | This image was created with Hubble data from proposals (M. Postman), (J. Lotz), and (S. Rodney) as well as Webb data from proposals: and (R. Windhorst). Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) |
| Instrument | HST ACS & WFC3; JWST NIRCam |
| Exposure Dates | HST: July 2012 - Feb 2023 JWST: 7 Oct 2022, 29 Dec 2022, 10 Feb 2022 |
| Filters | HST ACS: F435W, F606W, F814W; WFC3/IR: F105W, F125W, F140W, F160W; JWST NIRCam: F090W, F115W, F150W, F200W, F277W, F356W, F410M, F444W |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the Hubble and Webb Space Telescopes using the ACS, WFC3, and NIRCam instruments. Multiple filters were used to sample broad and narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Red: F444W and F410M, Orange: F356W, Yellow: F277W and F200W, Green: F160W, F150W, F140W, F125W, F115W, Cyan: F090W, F105W, F814W, Blue: F606W, F435W |
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