The Lynx Cluster (ground-based view, Kitt Peak)
This ground-based view shows a 0.09 x 0.07 degree field around the Lynx cluster of galaxies (the yellow galaxies above and to the left of the centre). The Lynx Arc is visible as a red object. This image was composed from six ground-based images (BRIzJK) from the blue to the infrared taken with the Mayall 4-m Telescope at NOAO's Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona, USA. The frame shows the outline of the Hubble Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2image.
European Space Agency, NASA, Robert A.E. Fosbury (European Space Agency/Space Telescope-European Coordinating Facility, Germany) and NOAO
About the Image
| Id: | heic0312c |
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| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 30 October 2003, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0312 |
| Size: | 1972 x 1540 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Lynx Cluster |
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| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | z=3.356 (redshift) |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical B | Mayall 4-m Telescope |
| Optical R | Mayall 4-m Telescope |
| Infrared I | Mayall 4-m Telescope |
| Infrared Z | Mayall 4-m Telescope |
| Infrared J | Mayall 4-m Telescope |
| Infrared K | Mayall 4-m Telescope |