Lensed quasar

esahubble_heic1702e January 26th, 2017

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

HE0435-1223 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/heic1702e/

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: HE0435-1223
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar; Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 38m 14.9s; DEC = -12° 17’ 15.2”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Eridanus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (H)	1.6 µm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm

ID: heic1702e
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
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1702e/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Simbad

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFC3, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: H, I, V
Central Wavelength: 1600, 814, 555

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 69.5620199984, -12.2875538998
Reference Dimension: 400.0, 400.0

Reference Pixel: 200.0, 200.0
Scale: -3.46329145001e-06, 3.46329145001e-06
Rotation: -0
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org
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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: heic1702e

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1702e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2017-01-10T11:37:32+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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