The COSMOS survey
This composite shows three different components of the COSMOS survey: The normal matter (in red) determined mainly by the European Space Agency's XMM/Newton telescope, the dark matter (in blue) and the stars and galaxies (in grey) observed in visible light with Hubble.
Credit:About the Image
| Id: | heic0701k |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 January 2007, 19:30 |
| Related releases: | heic0701 |
| Size: | 4032 x 4032 px |
About the Object
| Name: | COSMOS |
| Type: | Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Large-Scale Structure Early Universe : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Dark Matter |
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Category: | Cosmology |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 10 0 27.42 |
| Position (Dec): | 2° 13' 50.33" |
| Field of view: | 84.14 x 84.14 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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