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Abell 1689 Hubble ACS/WFC

CreditsNASA, ESA, E. Jullo (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), P. Natarajan (Yale University), and J.-P. Kneib (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, CNRS, France); Acknowledgment: H. Ford and N. Benitez (Johns Hopkins University), and T. Broadhurst (Tel Aviv University)

Date
Jan 1, 2010
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2010-26-2758-image
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Credits

NASA, ESA, E. Jullo (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), P. Natarajan (Yale University), and J.-P. Kneib (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, CNRS, France);
Acknowledgment: H. Ford and N. Benitez (Johns Hopkins University), and T. Broadhurst (Tel Aviv University)

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameAbell 1689
Object DescriptionGalaxy Cluster
R.A. Position13h 11m 29.5s
Dec. Position-1° 20' 17.01"
ConstellationVirgo
DistanceThe distance to the lensing cluster is 2.2 billion light-years (675 megaparsecs). The distance to the lensed galaxy is about 12.8 billion light-years.
About The Data
Data DescriptionACS/WFC data of Abell 1689 were observed with the HST proposal : H. Ford and N. Benitez (Johns Hopkins University), and T. Broadhurst (Tel Aviv University). The science team for this release includes: E. Jullo (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), P. Natarajan (Yale University), J.-P. Kneib (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, CNRS, France), A. D'Aloisio (Yale University), M. Limousin (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille and University of Copenhagen, Denmark), J. Richard (Durham University, U.K.), and C. Schimd (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, CNRS, France).
InstrumentHST>ACS/WFC
Exposure DatesJune 12-21, 2002, Exposure Time: 10.5 hours
FiltersF475W (g) F775W (i) F850LP (z)
About The Image
Color InfoBlue: F475W (g) Green: F775W (i) Red: F850LP (z)

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