Lensed quasar

Esahubble_heic1702f_1024

esahubble_heic1702f January 26th, 2017

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

WFI2033-4723 is among the five best lensed quasars discovered to date. The foreground galaxy creates four distinct images of the distant quasar around it.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1702f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
WFI2033-4723
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing
Esahubble_heic1702f_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 20h 33m 42.2s
DEC = -47° 23’ 43.3”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Indus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
heic1702f
Subject Category
D.5.3.2.1   D.6.2.1  
Subject Name
WFI2033-4723
Credits
ESA/Hubble, NASA, Suyu et al.
Release Date
2017-01-26T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1702f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H, I, V
Central Wavelength
1600, 814, 555
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
308.425770815, -47.3953558571
Reference Dimension
400.0, 400.0
Reference Pixel
200.0, 200.0
Scale
-3.46091335908e-06, 3.46091335908e-06
Rotation
-0
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
heic1702f
Metadata Date
2017-01-10T11:38+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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