Close-up on double Einstein ring

esahubble_heic0803c January 10th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. Gavazzi and T. Treu (University of California, Santa Barbara)

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.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0803c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: SDSSJ0946+1006
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 9h 46m 56.7s; DEC = 10° 6’ 52.8”
Orientation: North is 71.0° CCW
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Leo

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm

ID: heic0803c
Subject Category: D.5.1.8
Subject Name: SDSSJ0946+1006
Credits: NASA, ESA, and R. Gavazzi and T. Treu (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Release Date: 2008-01-10T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0803c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Redshift distance to the furthest part of the image - the inner ring.

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: I
Central Wavelength: 814

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 146.736186288, 10.1146787444
Reference Dimension: 465.0, 639.0

Reference Pixel: 232.5, 319.5
Scale: -4.62414299989e-06, 4.62414299989e-06
Rotation: 71.000000000000085
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic0803c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0803c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2015-10-08T12:07:52.727315
Metadata Version: 1.1

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