Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
High Redshift Galaxy in Abell 2218 |
| Object Description: |
Galaxy Cluster, Gravitational Lens |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 16h 35m 54s.73
Dec. +66° 12' 39".00 |
| Constellation: |
Draco |
| Distance to Lensed
Galaxy: |
Approximately 13 billion light-years (4 billion parsecs) |
| Distance to
Abell 2218: |
Approximately 2 billion light-years (600 million parsecs) |
| Dimensions: |
This image is 1.2 arcminutes wide. At this distance to Abell 2218, this is roughly 660,000 light-years (200,000 parsecs). |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from the following programs:
9452: J.-P. Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées/Caltech), R. Ellis (Caltech), M. Santos (Caltech/Institute of Astronomy), and J. Richard (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées/Caltech). 8500: A. Fruchter (STScI), C. Christian (STScI), A. Kinney (NASA), A. Fruchter (STScI), S. Baggett (STScI), R. Hook (ST-ECF), Z. Levay (STScI) |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
January 11 - 13, 2000 |
August 13, 2003 |
| Exposure Time: |
9.4 hours |
3.1 hours |
| Filters: |
F450W (Wide B), F606W (Wide V), F814W (I) |
F4850LP (z) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
ESA, NASA, J.-P. Kneib (Caltech and Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées) and R. Ellis (Caltech) |
| Release Date: |
February 15, 2004 |
| Orientation: |
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