The most remote mature cluster of galaxies yet found
This image from the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows CL J1449+0856, the most distant mature cluster of galaxies found. The image was taken in infrared light, with colour data added from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and NAOJ’s Subaru Telescope.
NASA, ESA, R. Gobat (Laboratoire AIM-Paris-Saclay, CEA/DSM-CNRS–Université Paris Diderot)
About the Image
| Id: | ann1105a |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 9 March 2011, 10:00 |
| Related announcements: | ann1105 |
| Size: | 512 x 485 px |
About the Object
| Name: | CL J1449+0856 |
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| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | z=2.07 (redshift) |
| Constellation: | Bootes |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 14 49 14.36 |
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| Position (Dec): | 8° 56' 17.54" |
| Field of view: | 0.85 x 0.81 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 35.1° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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| Infrared Near-IR | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |
Notes: Colour information added from VLT and Subaru observations. The NICMOS image was taken through a single filter.