Wide-field view of the Hercules galaxy cluster
This visible-light wide-field image of the region around the Hercules cluster of galaxies was created from photographs taken through blue and red filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The galaxy cluster appears as a swarm of faint galaxies close to the centre of the image.
Credit:ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.
About the Image
| Id: | eso1211d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 March 2012, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1211 |
| Size: | 10576 x 11041 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell 2151 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | z=0.036 (redshift) |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Category: | Galaxy Clusters |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 16 5 15.03 |
| Position (Dec): | 17° 44' 54.70" |
| Field of view: | 177.82 x 185.60 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.2° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical B | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |