Category: Galaxy Cluster
Location: Constellation Boötes
Coordinates: 14 26 28.8 +35 07 48
Accepted distance: 10,000,000,000 ly
Image scale: 1.9 arcmin (~3 Mly)
Image credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/University of Missouri-Kansas City/M.Brodwin et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: JPL/CalTech
Observation wavelengths and instruments
Optical (green) – Hubble Space Telescope
Infrared (red) – Spitzer Space Telescope
X-rays (blue) – Chandra X-ray Observatory
Key misinterpreted observations
- This enormous structure was already formed when the Universe was only 3.8 billion years old
- X-rays confirm that about 90% of the cluster’s mass is dark matter
- Light lensing effects are due to gravitational forces
Click here to learn about an alternative interpretation of the observations.