Galaxy Cluster MACS J0416.1-2403 in Multiple Wavelengths
Located about 4.3 billion light-years from Earth, MACS J0416.1-2403 is a pair of colliding galaxy clusters that will eventually combine to form an even bigger cluster. This image of MACS J0416 includes data from two other telescopes in addition to the Hubble Space Telescope: NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (diffuse emission in blue) and the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (diffuse emission in pink). Where the X-ray and radio emission overlap, the image appears purple. Astronomers also used data from the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in India in studying the properties of MACS J0416.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, NRAO/AUI/NSF, STScI, R. van Weeren (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), and G. Ogrean (Stanford University); Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, J. Lotz (STScI), and the HFF team
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Image CreditNASA, ESA, CXC, NRAO/AUI/NSF, STScI, R. van Weeren (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), and G. Ogrean (Stanford University); Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, J. Lotz (STScI), and the HFF team
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