Galaxy cluster MACS J0152.5-2852 with dark matter map
This is a NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy cluster MACS J0152.5-2852. 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)and R. Massey (Durham University, UK)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1506d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 26 March 2015, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1506 |
| Size: | 2104 x 2038 px |
About the Object
| Name: | MACS J0152.5-2852 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster Early Universe : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Dark Matter |
| Constellation: | Fornax |
| Category: | Cosmology |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 1 52 34.31 |
| Position (Dec): | -28° 53' 43.65" |
| Field of view: | 3.16 x 3.06 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 56.3° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical R | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared Y | 1.1 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared J | 1.4 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |