Einstein Ring Gravitational Lens: SDSS J163028.15+452036.2

Esahubble_opo0532h_1024

esahubble_opo0532h November 17th, 2005

Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Bolton (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) and the SLACS Team

This object is namedSDSS J163028.15+452036.2. It is one of eight similar objects found by combining two powerful astronomical assets, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The objects are know as Eienstein rings and are perhaps the most elegant manifestations of the gravitational lensing phenomina. Gravitational lensing occurs when the gravitational field from a massive object warps space and deflects light from a distant object behind it, allowing the distant object to be seen. Einstein rings are produced when two galaxies are almost perfectly aligned, one behind the other, giving an image like this with a reddish-white elliptical galaxy in the foreground and a thin ring of blue surrounding it which is in fact the distorted light from another galaxy twice as far away.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0532h/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SDSS J163028.15+452036.2
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed
Esahubble_opo0532h_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 30m 28.2s
DEC = 45° 20’ 36.2”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Hercules

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Blue
Esahubble_opo0532h_1280
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ID
opo0532h
Subject Category
D.5.1.8  
Subject Name
SDSS J163028.15+452036.2
Credits
NASA, ESA, A. Bolton (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) and the SLACS Team
Release Date
2005-11-17T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0532h/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Redshift distance from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Orange, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, B
Central Wavelength
814, 435
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
247.617393466, 45.3433827996
Reference Dimension
723.0, 723.0
Reference Pixel
361.5, 361.5
Scale
-3.14540339873e-06, 3.14540339873e-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
opo0532h
Metadata Date
2005-11-10T10:15:28-05:00
Metadata Version
1.0
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