IRC 0218 lensing feature without foreground cluster
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a region containing the most distant cosmic lens yet found, a massive elliptical galaxy whose powerful gravity is magnifying the light from a faraway galaxy behind it.
In this image astronomers have subtracted the image of the giant red elliptical to show a more distant spiral galaxy. The glow of young stars makes the galaxy appear blue. The white area at upper right is probably a region of star formation.
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About the Object
Name: | IRC 0218 |
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Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed Early Universe : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Lensing |
Distance: | 10 billion light years |
Constellation: | Cetus |
Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 2 18 21.54 |
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Position (Dec): | -5° 10' 19.85" |
Field of view: | 0.03 x 0.03 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 2.6° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical g | 475 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Infrared Z | 1.05 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Infrared J | 1.25 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Infrared H | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |