Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Chandra Space Telescope Collection
Name:
Abell 2125: Chandra Catches Early Phase of Cosmic Assembly
Release Date:
August 13, 2004
Credit:
NASA/CXC/UMass/Q.D.W ang et al.
Category:
Groups & Clusters of Galaxies
Scale:
Image is 17 arcmin per side
Coordinates (J2000):
RA 15h 40m 45.00s | Dec 66º 13' 00.00
Constellation:
Ursa Minor
Observation Date:
August 24, 2001
Observation Time:
23 hours
Obs. ID:
2207
Color Code:
Energy 0.5-2 keV (red), 2-4 keV (green), and 4-8 keV (blue)
Instrument:
ACIS
Distance Estimate:
About 3 billion light years
Reference:
Q. D. Wang et al. 2004, Astrophys. J. (In press); see also astro-ph/0404602
facet_what:
Ursa Minor
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_when:
August 13, 2004
facet_when:
August 24, 2001
facet_when_year:
2004
facet_when_year:
2001
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