Galaxy cluster Abell 370 with dark matter map
This is a NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy cluster Abell 370. Shown in blue on the image is a map of the dark matter found within the cluster. This cluster was part of a study of 72 galaxy cluster collisions which determined that dark matter interacts with other dark matter even less than previously thought.
Credit:NASA, ESA, D. Harvey (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland), R. Massey (Durham University, UK), the Hubble SM4 ERO Team and ST-ECF
About the Image
Id: | heic1506b |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 26 March 2015, 19:00 |
Related releases: | heic1506 |
Size: | 2263 x 2207 px |
About the Object
Name: | Abell 370 |
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster Early Universe : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Dark Matter |
Constellation: | Cetus |
Category: | Cosmology |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 2 39 51.31 |
Position (Dec): | -1° 34' 49.05" |
Field of view: | 3.40 x 3.31 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 22.3° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical R | 625 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |