The area around SpARCS1049+56 (ground-based image)
This image shows the region of sky around the the distant galaxy cluster SpARCS1049+56. It took the light of the cluster 9.8 billion light-years to reach us. The cluster houses at least 27 galaxies, probably more, and has a combined mass equal to 400 trillion Suns.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
| Id: | heic1519c |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 September 2015, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1519 |
| Size: | 5329 x 5319 px |
About the Object
| Name: | SpARCS1049+56 |
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| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 10 49 26.85 |
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| Position (Dec): | 56° 40' 44.88" |
| Field of view: | 89.47 x 89.30 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 2.8° left of vertical |
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