An infrared view of the 9io9 galaxy
eso_eso2316b September 6th, 2023
Credit: ESO/J. Geach et al.
This infrared image shows the distant galaxy 9io9, seen here as a reddish arc curved around a bright nearby galaxy. This nearby galaxy acts as a gravitational lens: its mass curves spacetime around it, bending lightrays coming from 9io9 in the background, hence its distorted shape. This colour view results from combining infrared images taken with ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) in Chile and the Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) in the US.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2316b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- eso2316b
- Subject Category
- D.5
- Subject Name
- 9io9, 9Spitch, SDSS J020941.27+001558.4
- Credits
- ESO/J. Geach et al.
- Release Date
- 2023-09-06T17:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2316b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, CFHT
- Instrument
- VIRCAM, VIRCAM, MegaPrime
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Optical
- Bandpass
- Ks, J, i
- Central Wavelength
- 2150, 1250, 776
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 32.4219542577, 0.26621139317
- Reference Dimension
- 796.0, 796.0
- Reference Pixel
- 398.0, 398.0
- Scale
- -1.406963314e-05, 1.406963314e-05
- Rotation
- -0
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- https://www.eso.org
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- None
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso2316b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2316b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-06-23T14:13:25+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
