Wide-field view of the Coma Galaxy Cluster (ground-based image)
A wide-field image of the region around the Coma Galaxy Cluster (Abell 1656) constructed from the images in the Digitized Sky Survey. NGC 4921 is the small circular galaxy below and a little to the right of the centre of the image. The field-of-view is approximately 2.7 x 2.85 degrees.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0901c |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 5 February 2009, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0901 |
| Size: | 10635 x 10857 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell 1656, Coma Cluster |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | 300 million light years |
| Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 13 2 22.61 |
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| Position (Dec): | 28° 12' 31.00" |
| Field of view: | 178.51 x 182.24 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.4° left of vertical |
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