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Compass and Scale Image of Cluster Galaxies

Compass and Scale Image of Cluster Galaxies

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  • 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.
    Data for galaxies taken with the WFC3/UVIS instrument were obtained as part of the CLASH proposal: 12456, PI: M. Postman (STScI) et al. Data for galaxies taken with the ACS/SBC instrument were obtained from proposal: 12220, PI: R. Mittal (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics) et al. The WFC3/UVIS BCG science team comprises: M. Donahue and T. Connor (Michigan State University), K. Fogarty (STScI), Y. Li (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), M. Voit (Michigan State University), M. Postman and A. Koekemoer (STScI), J. Moustakas (Siena College, NY), L. Bradley (STScI), and H. Ford (JHU). The ACS/SBC BCG science team comprises: G. Tremblay (Yale University/ESO), C. O’Dea and S. Baum (University of Manitoba/RIT), R. Mittal (RIT/Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), M. McDonald (Kavli Institute/MIT), F. Combes (Observatoire de Paris/CNRS), Y. Li (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), B. McNamara (Waterloo University, Ontario/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Bremer (University of Bristol, UK), T. Clarke (Naval Research Laboratory), M. Donahue (Michigan State University), A. Edge (Durham University), A. Fabian (Institute of Astronomy), S. Hamer (Observatoire de Paris/CNRS), M. Hogan (Waterloo University, Ontario), J. Oonk (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy), A. Quillen (University of Rochester), J. Sanders (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics), P. Salomé (Observatoire de Paris/CNRS), and M. Voit (Michigan State University).
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>WFC3/UVIS and HST>ACS/SBC
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    MACS J1931, MACS J1532, Abell 1664, Abell 1795, Abell 2597, Hydra A, RX J1504, ZwCl 8193
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCG)
  • Release Date
    August 6, 2015
  • Science Release
    NASA’s Hubble Finds Evidence of Galaxy Star Birth Regulated by Black-Hole Fountain
  • Credits
    Image: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Science: NASA, ESA, M. Donahue (Michigan State University), Y. Li (University of Michigan), G. Tremblay (Yale University), and R. Mittal (Rochester Insitute of Technology, and Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)

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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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Last Updated
Feb 17, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov