Lensed quasar

esahubble_heic1702c January 26th, 2017

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

B1608+656 is among the five best lensed quasars discovered to date. The two foreground galaxies smeared the light of the more distant quasar's host galaxy into bright arcs.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1702c/

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: CLASS B1608+656
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar; Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 9m 13.9s; DEC = 65° 32’ 27.8”
Orientation: North is 93.4° CW
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Draco

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm

ID: heic1702c
Subject Category: D.5.3.2.1 D.6.2.1
Subject Name: CLASS B1608+656
Credits: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Suyu et al.

Release Date: 2017-01-26T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1702c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Simbad

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: NICMOS, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Red, Red, Green, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: H, I, I, V, V
Central Wavelength: 1600, 814, 814, 606, 606

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 242.30784442, 65.5410457756
Reference Dimension: 800.0, 800.0

Reference Pixel: 400.0, 400.0
Scale: -2.05374252152e-06, 2.05374252152e-06
Rotation: -93.419999999999987
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: heic1702c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1702c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2017-01-16T17:03:23+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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