- NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection

COLLECTION NAME:

NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection

mediaCollectionId

nasaNAS~12~12

NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection

Collection

true

Title:

Dwarfs in Coma Cluster

title

Dwarfs in Coma Cluster

Title

false

Description:

This false-color mosaic of the central region of the Coma cluster combines infrared and visible-light images to reveal thousands of faint objects (green). Follow-up observations showed that many of these objects, which appear here as faint green smudges, are dwarf galaxies belonging to the cluster. Two large elliptical galaxies, NGC 4889 and NGC 4874, dominate the cluster's center. The mosaic combines visible-light data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (color coded blue) with long- and short-wavelength infrared views (red and green, respectively) from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

description

This false-color mosaic of the central region of the Coma cluster combines infrared and visible-light images to reveal thousands of faint objects (green). Follow-up observations showed that many of these objects, which appear here as faint green smudges, are dwarf galaxies belonging to the cluster. Two large elliptical galaxies, NGC 4889 and NGC 4874, dominate the cluster's center. The mosaic combines visible-light data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (color coded blue) with long- and short-wavelength infrared views (red and green, respectively) from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Description

false

Release Date:

2007/05/28

release_date

2007/05/28

Release Date

false

Press Release:

Spitzer Nets Thousands of Galaxies in a Giant Cluster [ http://www.spitzer.… ]

press_release

Spitzer Nets Thousands of Galaxies in a Giant Cluster [ http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/ssc2007-10/ ]

Press Release

false

Release Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Jenkins (GSFC)

release_credit

NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Jenkins (GSFC)

Release Credit

false

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Jenkins (GSFC)

image_credit

NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Jenkins (GSFC)

Image Credit

false

Object name:

Coma Cluster

object_name

Coma Cluster

Object name

false

Object type:

Galaxy Cluster

object_type

Galaxy Cluster

Object type

false

Position (J2000):

*RA: *12h59m48.70s *Dec: *27d58m50.00s

position__j2000_

*RA: *12h59m48.70s *Dec: *27d58m50.00s

Position (J2000)

false

Distance:

320 million light-years

distance

320 million light-years

Distance

false

Constellation:

Coma Berenices

constellation

Coma Berenices

Constellation

false

Wavelength:

2960s and 10368s

wavelength

2960s and 10368s

Wavelength

false

Observers:

G. Fazio (Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) L. Jenkins (Goddard Space Flight Center) A. Hornschemeier (Goddard Space Flight Center) B. Mobasher (Space Telescope Science Institute) D. Alexander (University of Durham, UK) F. Bauer (Columbia University)

observers

G. Fazio (Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) L. Jenkins (Goddard Space Flight Center) A. Hornschemeier (Goddard Space Flight Center) B. Mobasher (Space Telescope Science Institute) D. Alexander (University of Durham, UK) F. Bauer (Columbia University)

Observers

false

Instrument:

IRAC

instrument

IRAC

Instrument

false

Exposure Date:

2004-07-04 and 2005-06-13

exposure_date

2004-07-04 and 2005-06-13

Exposure Date

false

note:

*Full-resolution image without overlays.* Screen-Resolution (450x391): JPEG [ http://ipac.jpl.nas… ssc2007-10a1_small.jpg ] High-Resolution (4097x3557): JPEG | Mac TIFF | PC TIFF Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Jenkins (GSFC)

note

*Full-resolution image without overlays.* Screen-Resolution (450x391): JPEG [ http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/ ssc2007-10a1_small.jpg ] High-Resolution (4097x3557): JPEG | Mac TIFF | PC TIFF Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Jenkins (GSFC)

note

false

facet_what:

Columbia

facet_what

Columbia

facet_what

false

facet_where:

Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

facet_where

Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

facet_where

false

Image #:

ssc2007-10a

image__

ssc2007-10a

Image #

false

original url:

http://sscws1.ipac.…

original_url

http://sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=ssc2007-10a

original url

false

UID:

SPD-SPITZ-ssc2007-10a

uid

SPD-SPITZ-ssc2007-10a

UID

false

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