Hubble's Top Ten Gravitational Lenses. A View of HST 16302+8230

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esahubble_opo9918e May 13th, 1999

Credit: Kavan Ratnatunga (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) and NASA/ESA

HST 16302+8230 could be an 'Einstein ring' and the most intriguing lens candidate. It has been nicknamed the 'the London Underground' since it resembles that logo.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9918e/

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
HST 16302+8230
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo9918e_1280
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ID
opo9918e
Subject Category
D.5.1.8  
Subject Name
HST 16302+8230
Credits
Kavan Ratnatunga (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1999-05-13T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9918e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 606, 450
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
62.0, 62.0
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
opo9918e
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:53:43+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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