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
Large JPEG
4.2 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
23.4 MB
Publication JPEG
3.7 MB
Screensize JPEG
299.2 KB
Wallpapers
1024x768
372.6 KB
1280x1024
568.3 KB
1600x1200
814.9 KB
1920x1200
972.1 KB
2048x1536
5.1 MB
Coordinates
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
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical g | 473 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical r | 642 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical z | 926 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |