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Compass and Scale Image for Abell 370 and Parallel

Compass and Scale Image for Abell 370 and Parallel

About the Object

  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Cetus

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
    Abell 370 is part of the Frontier Fields Program. These data are from the HST proposals 11108 (PI: E. Hu, University of Hawaii), 11507 (PI: K. Noll, GSFC), 11591 (PI: J.-P. Kneib, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille), 13459 (PI: T. Treu, UCLA), 13790 (PI: S. Rodney, JHU), 14038 (PI: J. Lotz, STScI), and 14216 (R. Kirshner, Harvard University). For more information, see http://www.stsci.edu/hst/campaigns/frontier-fields.
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFC3/IR
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    September 2009 - February 2015
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    ACS/WFC: F435W, F606W, and F814W; WFC3/IR: F105W, F125W, F140W, and F160W
  • Release Date
    May 4, 2017
  • Science Release
    A Lot of Galaxies Need Guarding in This NASA Hubble View
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)

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Compass and Scale Image for Abell 370 and Parallel
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

Blue: F435W + F606W Green: F814W + F105W Red: F125W + F140W + F160W

Compass and Scale
Compass and ScaleAn astronomical image with a scale that shows how large an object is on the sky, a compass that shows how the object is oriented on the sky, and the filters with which the image was made.

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Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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