Galaxy cluster Abell 520 (CFHT and HST)
The natural-colour image of the galaxies was taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii.
Abell 520 formed from a violent collision of massive galaxy clusters and resides 2.4 billion light-years away.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Abell 520 |
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Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
Distance: | 2 billion light years |
Constellation: | Orion |
Category: | Cosmology |
Wallpapers
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 4 54 10.45 |
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Position (Dec): | 2° 54' 53.40" |
Field of view: | 8.47 x 5.44 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 57.3° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical |
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
Other |