Heavyweight Champion of the Distant Universe

Weighing in at 500 trillion times the mass of the Sun, the young galaxy cluster IDCS 1426, located 10 billion light years from Earth, is the most massive distant cluster known. Recently weighed using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope, it was first identified with data from the NOAO Deep Wide-field Survey and data taken with the Spitzer Space Telescope.

Créditos:

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Missouri/M.Brodwin et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: JPL/CalTech

About the Image

Id:noaoann16001a
Tipo:Observation
Release date:8 de Enero de 2016
Related announcements:noaoann16001
Size:2136 x 1200 px

Sobre el Objeto

Nombre:IDCS J1426.5+3508
Constellation:Bootes
Categoría:Galaxies

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Coordenadas

ObjectValue
Posición (AR):14 26 32.54
Posición (Dec):35° 8' 21.89"
Campo visual:1.86 x 1.04 arcminutes
Orientación:North is 0.2° right of vertical


Colores y Filtros

BandaTelescopio
X-rayChandra X-ray Observatory
OpticalHubble Space Telescope
InfraredSpitzer Space Telescope