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 |
| 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 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | 300 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS |
| Infrared I |
DSS |
