Intracluster Light: Galaxy Cluster MACS J0416 | Hubble

Intracluster Light: Galaxy Cluster MACS J0416 | Hubble

This animation switches between an original image of the galaxy cluster MACS J0416.1–2403, as it was observed by the Frontier Field team, and a version, in which the intracluster light (in blue) is highlighted. 

Distance: 4 billion light years

Intracluster light is a byproduct of interactions between galaxies. It can be used to make the distribution of dark matter in galaxy clusters visible.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble, NASA, HST Frontier Fields team (STScI), and M. Montes & I. Trujillo

Duration: 20 seconds

Release Date:  December 20, 2018

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