Digitized Sky Survey 2 wide-angle image of Abell 2218 (ground-based image)
This image is composited from blue, red and infrared exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 and shows 1.5 x 1.5 degrees centered on galaxy cluster Abell 2218.
Credit:European Space Agency, J.-P. Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées) and DSS2
About the Image
| Id: | heic0404d |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 15 February 2004, 18:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0404 |
| Size: | 3500 x 3500 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell 2218 |
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| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed |
| Distance: | z=0.17 (redshift) |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 16 35 53.60 |
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| Position (Dec): | 66° 13' 2.98" |
| Field of view: | 89.89 x 89.89 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 4.0° left of vertical |
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