Close-up on double Einstein ring
This is a close-up of a gravitational lens showing two concentric partial ring-like structures after subtracting the glare of the central, foreground galaxy.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and R. Gavazzi and T. Treu (University of California, Santa Barbara)
About the Image
Id: | heic0803c |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 10 January 2008, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic0803 |
Size: | 465 x 639 px |
About the Object
Name: | SDSSJ0946+1006 |
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed |
Distance: | z=0.609 (redshift) |
Constellation: | Leo |
Category: | Galaxies |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 9 46 56.68 |
Position (Dec): | 10° 6' 52.84" |
Field of view: | 0.13 x 0.18 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 71.0° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |