Gravitationally Lensed Image of Highest Redshift Galaxy

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esahubble_opo9725b July 30th, 1997

Credit: Marijn Franx (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), Garth Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz), and NASA/ESA

A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy cluster CL1358+62 has uncovered a gravitationally-lensed image of a more distant galaxy located far beyond the cluster. The gravitationally-lensed image appears as a red crescent to the lower right of center. The galaxy's image is brightened, magnified, and smeared into an arc-shape by the gravitational influence of the intervening galaxy cluster, which acts like a gigantic lens.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9725b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
ClG 1358+62 ZwCl 6429
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy
Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed
Esahubble_opo9725b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 59m 50.6s
DEC = 62° 30’ 59.5”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
1.1 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Draco

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Cyan
Esahubble_opo9725b_1280
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ID
opo9725b
Subject Category
D.5   D.5.1.8  
Subject Name
ClG 1358+62, ZwCl 6429
Credits
Marijn Franx (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), Garth Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-07-30T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9725b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, V
Central Wavelength
814, 606
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
209.960745319, 62.5165151135
Reference Dimension
640.0, 583.0
Reference Pixel
320.0, 291.5
Scale
-2.75794346136e-05, 2.75794346136e-05
Rotation
-0.06
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
opo9725b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:48:36+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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