Galaxy Cluster 0024+1654 as a Gravitational Lens
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows several blue, loop-shaped objects that actually are multiple images of the same galaxy.
They have been duplicated by the gravitational lens of the cluster of yellow, elliptical and spiral galaxies - called 0024+1654 - near the photograph's center.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | 0024+1654 |
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
Distance: | z=0.39 (redshift) |
Constellation: | Pisces |
Category: | Anniversary Galaxies |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 0 26 35.76 |
Position (Dec): | 17° 9' 34.98" |
Field of view: | 1.32 x 1.32 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 12.8° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
---|---|
Optical B |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical Pseudogreen (B+R) |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical R |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |