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About the Object Object Name: CL 0958+4702
Object Type: Interacting Galaxies; Cluster of Galaxies
Position (J2000): RA: 09h58m19.4s Dec: +47d02m00s
Distance: 5 billion light-years
Constellation: Ursa Major

About the Data Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/K. Rines (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
Instrument: Spitzer/IRAC, Chandra/ACIS, WIYN/OPTIC
Exposure Date: May 2, 2006 (Spitzer)
Exposure Time: 1200 sec (Spitzer)
Field of View: 5.3 x 5.3 arcmin
Orientation: North is up
Release Date: 2007-08-06

Observers K. Rines (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
R. Finn (Siena College)
A. Vikhlinin (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

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