Einstein Ring Gravitational Lens: SDSS J120540.43+491029.3

Einstein Ring Gravitational Lens: SDSS J120540.43+491029.3
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Credit:

NASA, ESA, A. Bolton (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) and the SLACS Team

About the Image

NASA press release
NASA caption
Id:opo0532d
Type:Observation
Release date:17 November 2005, 19:00
Size:723 x 723 px

About the Object

Name:SDSS J120540.43+491029.3
Type:• Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed
• Galaxies Images/Videos
• Cosmology Images/Videos
Distance:z=0.214 (redshift)

Colours & filters

BandWavelengthTelescope
Optical
B		 435 nm Hubble Space Telescope
ACS
Infrared
I		 814 nm Hubble Space Telescope
ACS

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