File:Our Giant Universe.jpg
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English: This detailed image features Abell 3827, a galaxy cluster that offers a wealth of exciting possibilities for study. It was observed by Hubble in order to study dark matter, which is one of the greatest puzzles cosmologists face today. The science team used Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) to complete their observations. The two cameras have different specifications and can observe different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, so using them both allowed the astronomers to collect more complete information. Abell 3827 has also been observed previously by Hubble, because of the interesting gravitational lens at its core.
Looking at this cluster of hundreds of galaxies, it is amazing to recall that until less than 100 years ago, many astronomers believed that the Milky Way was the only galaxy in the Universe. The possibility of other galaxies had been debated previously, but the matter was not truly settled until Edwin Hubble confirmed that the Great Andromeda Nebula was in fact far too distant to be part of the Milky Way. The Great Andromeda Nebula became the Andromeda Galaxy, and astronomers recognised that our Universe was much, much bigger than humanity had imagined. We can only imagine how Edwin Hubble — after whom the Hubble Space Telescope was named — would have felt if he’d seen this spectacular image of Abell 3827. |
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Author | ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Massey |
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Credit/Provider | ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Massey |
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Date and time of data generation | 06:00, 3 May 2021 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 22.2 (Windows) |
File change date and time | 22:08, 23 February 2021 |
Date and time of digitizing | 15:18, 3 January 2021 |
Date metadata was last modified | 23:08, 23 February 2021 |
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Keywords | Abell 3827 |
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