Zoom on MACS 1206
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This video zooms in on galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 (or MACS 1206 for short). The cluster has been observed by Hubble as part of CLASH (Cluster Lensing and Supernova survey with Hubble), a major programme to observe galaxy clusters whose gravity bends and distorts light passing through them.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, Digitzed Sky Survey 2, M. Postman (STScI) and the CLASH Survey Team. Music: John Dyson (from the album Moonwind)
About the Video
| Id: | heic1115a |
| Release date: | 13 October 2011, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1115 |
| Duration: | 50s |
About the Object
| Name: | MACS J1206.2-0847 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster • Cosmology Images/Videos |
