Galaxy cluster RCS2 032727-132623 (uncropped)

Galaxy cluster RCS2 032727-132623 (uncropped).

Credit:

NASA, ESA, J. Rigby (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), K. Sharon (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago), M. Gladders and E. Wuyts (University of Chicago), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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About the Image

NASA press release

Id:	opo1208b
Type:	Observation
Release date:	8 February 2012, 13:50
Size:	2721 x 2671 px

About the Object

Name:	RCS2 032727-132623, RCSGA 032727-132609
Type:	Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster
Constellation:	Eridanus
Category:	Cosmology

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Coordinates

Position (RA):	3 27 28.41
Position (Dec):	-13° 26' 36.41"
Field of view:	1.80 x 1.76 arcminutes
Orientation:	North is 53.0° left of vertical

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Colours & filters

Band	Wavelength	Telescope
Optical C	390 nm	Hubble Space Telescope WFC3
Optical V	606 nm	Hubble Space Telescope WFC3
Optical I	814 nm	Hubble Space Telescope WFC3
Infrared J	1.25 μm	Hubble Space Telescope WFC3
Optical Z	986 nm	Hubble Space Telescope WFC3
Infrared Redshifted Paschen b	1.32 μm	Hubble Space Telescope WFC3
Infrared H	1.6 μm	Hubble Space Telescope WFC3