Zoom-in on the Einstein ring on a region in Fornax

Eso_eso0521b_1024

eso_eso0521b June 30th, 2005

Credit: ESO

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, Remi Cabanac and his European colleagues discovered an amazing cosmic mirage, known to scientists as an Einstein Ring. Dubbed FOR J0332-3557, this phenomenon is seen towards the southern constellation Fornax (the Furnace), and is remarkable on at least two counts : first, it is a bright, almost complete Einstein ring, and second, it is the farthest ever found as of this writing.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0521b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

View Options View Options

Download Options Download Options

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Einstein Ring • FOR J0332-3557
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed
Eso_eso0521b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 32m 59.8s
DEC = -35° 57’ 51.3”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
3.0 x 1.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS1) Optical (R) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (B) -
Eso_eso0521b_1280
×
ID
eso0521b
Subject Category
D.5.1.8  
Subject Name
Einstein Ring, FOR J0332-3557
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2005-06-30T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0521b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
53.2493059101, -35.9642579324
Reference Dimension
906.0, 560.0
Reference Pixel
453.0, 280.0
Scale
-5.55903783643e-05, 5.55903783643e-05
Rotation
-0.039999999999999952
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0521b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0521b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2016-07-19T10:53:27+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
×

 

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

Providers | Sign In

NASA’s Universe of Learning materials are based upon work supported by NASA under cooperative agreement award number NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The award is part of NASA’s Science Activation program, which strives to further enable NASA science experts and content into the learning environment more effectively and efficiently with learners of all ages.