Wide-field view of the sky around the gravitationally lensed galaxy merger H-ATLAS J142935.3-002836
This wide-field view of the sky around the gravitationally lensed galaxy merger H-ATLAS J142935.3-002836 was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
This comparatively empty patch of sky features few stars and many faint galaxies — including one that has by chance acted like a magnifying glass and focussed light from a much dimmer and remote star-forming galaxy merger.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | heic1417c |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 26 August 2014, 18:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1417 |
| Size: | 6921 x 6951 px |
About the Object
| Name: | H-ATLAS J142935.3-002836 |
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| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Category: | Stars |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 14 29 33.32 |
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| Position (Dec): | 0° 28' 51.87" |
| Field of view: | 116.09 x 116.60 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° left of vertical |
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