Hubbles view on lensing galaxy

esahubble_heic1710b April 20th, 2017

Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA

The galaxy SDSS J210415.89-062024.7 is located 2.5 billion light years away. It acted as a lens for a supernova at an even greater distance, creating four distinct images of the explosion an effect created by strong gravitational lensing.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1710b/

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: SDSS J210415.89-062024.7
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy; Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 21h 4m 17.1s; DEC = -6° 20’ 21.8”
Orientation: North is 125.0° CW
Field of View: 1.2 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Aquarius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm
Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (J)	1.1 µm

ID: heic1710b
Subject Category: D.5 D.6.2.1
Subject Name: SDSS J210415.89-062024.7
Credits: ESA/Hubble, NASA

Release Date: 2017-04-20T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1710b/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment: Orange, Cyan

Band: Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: H, J
Central Wavelength: 1600, 1100

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 316.071148099, -6.33938276704
Reference Dimension: 545.0, 486.0

Reference Pixel: 272.5, 243.0
Scale: -3.570460939497551E-05, 3.570460939497551E-05
Rotation: -125.0200000000001
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Position
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1710b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1710b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2017-04-10T14:37:20+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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