Hubble Frontier Fields view of MACSJ0416.12403

Esahubble_heic1523a_1024

esahubble_heic1523a October 22nd, 2015

Credit: NASA, ESA and the HST Frontier Fields team (STScI)

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy cluster MACS J0416.12403. This is one of six being studied by the Hubble Frontier Fields programme, which together have produced the deepest images of gravitational lensing ever made. Due to the huge mass of the cluster it is bending the light of background objects, acting as a magnifying lens. Astronomers used this and two other clusters to find galaxies which existed only 600 to 900 million years after the Big Bang.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1523a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
MACS J0416.1-2403
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 16m 9.0s
DEC = -24° 4’ 28.3”
Orientation
North is 21.7° CW
Field of View
2.1 x 2.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Eridanus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (Y) 1.1 µm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.4 µm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (W) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Blue
Green
Green
Red
Red
Red
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ID
heic1523a
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
MACS J0416.1-2403
Credits
NASA, ESA and the HST Frontier Fields team (STScI)
Release Date
2015-10-22T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1523a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Blue, Blue, Green, Green, Red, Red, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
B, V, I, Y, J, H, W
Central Wavelength
435, 606, 814, 1050, 1250, 1400, 1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
64.0373010952, -24.0745410931
Reference Dimension
4169.0, 4633.0
Reference Pixel
2084.5, 2316.5
Scale
-8.33379511501e-06, 8.33379511501e-06
Rotation
-21.699999999999982
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
heic1523a
Metadata Date
2015-10-16T16:02:03+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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