Galaxies in Hiding
Ssc2013 05d

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Wisconsin

Observation • June 5th, 2013 • ssc2013-05d

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There are nearly 200 galaxies within the marked circles in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. These are part of the Perseus-Pisces supercluster of galaxies located 250 million light-years away. Normally, galaxies beyond our Milky Way are hidden from view when they happen to fall behind the plane of our galaxy. This is due to foreground dust standing in the way.

Spitzer's Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire 360, or Glimpse 360 project, is pointing Spitzer away from the galactic center, to complete a full 360-degree scan of the Milky Way plane. It has captures many images in the process, such as this one, revealing hidden objects.

About the Object

Name
Perseus-Pisces supercluster
Type
Galaxy > Grouping > Supercluster
Distance
250,000,000 Light Years

Color Mapping

Band Wavelength Telescope
Infrared 3.6 µm Spitzer IRAC
Infrared 4.5 µm Spitzer IRAC
Infrared 12.0 µm WISE

Astrometrics

Position ()
RA =4h 50m 19.2s
Dec = 45° 5' 19.9"
Field of View
1.1 x 1.1 degrees
Orientation
North is 50.2° right of vertical