Lensed quasar and its surroundings

Esahubble_heic1702a_1024

esahubble_heic1702a January 26th, 2017

Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Suyu et al.

HE0435-1223, located in the centre of this wide-field image, is among the five best lensed quasars discovered to date. The foreground galaxy creates four almost evenly distributed images of the distant quasar around it.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1702a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HE0435-1223
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing
Esahubble_heic1702a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 38m 14.9s
DEC = -12° 17’ 15.2”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
1.7 x 1.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Eridanus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Green
Red
Blue
Esahubble_heic1702a_1280
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ID
heic1702a
Subject Category
D.5.3.2.1   D.6.2.1  
Subject Name
HE0435-1223
Credits
ESA/Hubble, NASA, Suyu et al.
Release Date
2017-01-26T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1702a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Simbad
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, WFC3, ACS
Color Assignment
Green, Red, Blue
Band
Optical, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, H, V
Central Wavelength
814, 1600, 555
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
69.5620403805, -12.2875541215
Reference Dimension
2020.0, 2020.0
Reference Pixel
1010.0, 1010.0
Scale
-1.38655935024e-05, 1.38655935024e-05
Rotation
-0.039999999999988885
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org
Name
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
heic1702a
Metadata Date
2017-01-16T17:02:44+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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