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Scale and Compass for Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689
CreditsNASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: J. Blakeslee (NRC Herzberg Astrophysics Program) and H. Ford (JHU)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2013
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2013-36-3236-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA);Acknowledgment: J. Blakeslee (NRC Herzberg Astrophysics Program) and H. Ford (JHU)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Abell 1689 |
| Object Description | Galaxy Cluster and Globular Star Clusters |
| R.A. Position | 13h 11m 34.19s |
| Dec. Position | -1° 21' 56.0" |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 2.25 billion light-years (690 megaparsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | ACS/WFC data of Abell 1689 were obtained as part of HST proposal : J. Blakeslee (NRC Herzberg Astrophysics Program, Victoria, B.C.) Proposal co-Is include science team members listed below plus R. Bouwens (Leiden University), R. Barber DeGraaff (Washington State University), D. Magee (University of California, Santa Cruz), L. Bradley (STScI), and A. Zirm (University of Copenhagen). Authors on the science paper include: J. Blakeslee (NRC Herzberg Astrophysics Program, Victoria, B.C.), K. Alamo-Martinez and R. Gonzalez-Lopezlira (National Autonomous University of Mexico) M.J. Jee (University of California, Davis), P. Cote and L. Ferrarese (DAO/NRC Herzberg Astrophysics), A. Jordan (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile), G. Meurer (University of Western Australia, Perth), E. Peng (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University), and M. West (Maria Mitchell Observatory). |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Dates | May 29 - July 8, 2010 |
| Filters | F475W (g), F625W (r), F775W (i), F814W (I), and F850LP (z) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | Note: The release image is a composite of the F814W (I) data from proposal 11710, taken May 29 - July 8, 2010, and F475W (g), F625W (r), F775W (i), and F850LP (z) data from proposal 9289, PI: H. Ford (JHU), taken June 12 - 21, 2002. This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Several filters were used to sample broad 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: Galaxy Cluster (left): Blue: F475W (g)Green: F625W (r)Red: F775W (i) + F850LP (z) Globular Star Clusters (right):Blue: F475W (g)Green: F625W (r)Red: F775W (i) + F814W (I) + F850LP (z) |
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