Gravitational Lenses

Esahubble_opo9543b_1024

esahubble_opo9543b October 18th, 1995

Credit: Kavan Ratnatunga (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)

A gravitational lens is produced by the enormous gravitational field of a massive object which bends light to magnify, brighten and distort the image of a more distant object. Depending on the alignment between the objects and the mass distribution of the foreground lens, the more distant object can be smeared into arcs or split into pairs, triples, or even quadruple images.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9543b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Medium Deep Survey
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Blue
Esahubble_opo9543b_1280
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ID
opo9543b
Subject Category
D.5.1.8  
Subject Name
Medium Deep Survey
Credits
Kavan Ratnatunga (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)
Release Date
1995-10-18T05:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9543b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, V
Central Wavelength
814, 606
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
65.0, 65.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo9543b
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9543b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:44:35+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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