NGC 3311
NGC 3311 (center) and NGC 3309 (right) are members of the cluster of galaxies known as Hydra I (also known as Abell 1060). This deep image reveals thousands of massive luminous metal-rich globular clusters that appear to impersonate ultra-compact dwarf galaxies. This is the richest population of such massive stellar systems ever found in any nearby galaxy clusters.
| Observatory: | Gemini Observatory (South) Cerro Pachon, Chile |
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| Telescope: | Gemini South |
| Instrument: | GMOS-S |
| Astronomer: | E.M.H. Werner, W.E. Harris (McMaster University) Gemini Observatory and T. A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) |
| Date of Observation: | 02-08-2006 |
| Filters and Assigned Colors: | g (blue), i (red) and an average of g and i (green) |
| Exposure Times: | 13x500sec in g,i |
| Location of Image: | Hydra |
| Field of View: | 4.8 x 4.8 arcmin |
| Orientation: | North is up, East is to the left |
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