Galaxy cluster MACS j1149.5+223
This image shows the huge galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+223, whose light took over 5 billion years to reach us.
The huge mass of the cluster is bending the light from more distant objects. The light from these objects has been magnified and distorted due to gravitational lensing. The same effect is creating multiple images of the same distant objects.
Credit:NASA, ESA, S. Rodney (John Hopkins University, USA) and the FrontierSN team; T. Treu (University of California Los Angeles, USA), P. Kelly (University of California Berkeley, USA) and the GLASS team; J. Lotz (STScI) and the Frontier Fields team; M. Postman (STScI) and the CLASH team; and Z. Levay (STScI)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1505b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 5 March 2015, 20:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1807, heic1505 |
| Size: | 3800 x 3800 px |
About the Object
| Name: | MACS J1149+2223 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Constellation: | Leo |
| Category: | Galaxies Stars |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 11 49 36.09 |
| Position (Dec): | 22° 24' 1.08" |
| Field of view: | 1.90 x 1.90 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared J | 1.25 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared Z | 1.05 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared H | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared J/H | 1.4 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |