Galaxy Cluster MACSJ0416
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy cluster MACS J0416. This is one of six clusters that was studied by the Hubble Frontier Fields programme, which yielded the deepest images of gravitational lensing ever made.
Scientists used intracluster light (visible in blue) to study the distribution of dark matter within the cluster.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and M. Montes (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1820b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 20 December 2018, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic2010, heic1820 |
| Size: | 3214 x 3599 px |
About the Object
| Name: | MACS J0416.1-2403 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Constellation: | Eridanus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 4 16 8.80 |
| Position (Dec): | -24° 4' 28.68" |
| Field of view: | 2.91 x 3.25 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 24.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared Z | 1.05 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared J | 1.25 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared J/H | 1.4 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared H | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |