Gravitational lens found in the DESI Legacy Survey data
An example of a gravitational lens found in the DESI Legacy Surveys data. The nearly complete circle in the middle of DESI-015.6763-14.0150 is the image of a background galaxy, gravitationally warped (lensed) by the red galaxy at the center into a near-perfect Einstein ring.
Créditos:LBNL/DOE/NERSC/Legacy Imaging Surveys & KPNO/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
| Id: | noirlab2104b |
| Tipo: | Simulation |
| Release date: | 13 de Enero de 2021 a las 14:30 |
| Related releases: | noirlab2104 |
| Size: | 2000 x 2000 px |
Sobre el Objeto
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Categoría: | Galaxies Galaxy Clusters |
Fondos de Pantalla
Coordenadas
| Posición (AR): | 1 2 42.32 |
| Posición (Dec): | -14° 0' 54.15" |
| Campo visual: | 2.24 x 2.24 arcminutes |
| Orientación: | North is -0.0° left of vertical |
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Colores y Filtros
| Banda | Longitud de Onda | Telescopio |
|---|---|---|
| Optical G | 474 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical R | 644 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Infrared Z | 926 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |