Image of Abell 3158, Part of the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey

This is an image centered on a relatively nearby galaxy cluster dubbed Abell 3158; light from these galaxies had a redshift value of 0.059, meaning that it traveled approximately 825 million years on its journey to Earth. The image is a small part of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys — a monumental six-year survey covering nearly half the sky. Most of the  data for the image originally were taken as part of the LoVoCCS survey.

Credit:

LoVoCCS/DESI Legacy Imaging Survey/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab, Jen Miller, M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)

About the Image

Id:noirlab2306a
Type:Observation
Release date:Feb. 23, 2023, 11 a.m.
Related releases:noirlab2306
Size:4196 x 2536 px

About the Object

Name:Abell 3158
Constellation:Reticulum
Category:Galaxy Clusters

Image Formats

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Coordinates

ObjectValue
Position (RA):3 43 4.14
Position (Dec):-53° 38' 29.62"
Field of view:18.30 x 11.06 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.1° left of vertical


Colors & filters

BandWave-lengthTele-scope
Optical
g
473 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
DECam
Optical
r
642 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
DECam
Optical
z
926 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
DECam