Gravitational lens found in the DESI Legacy Surveys data
An example of a gravitational lens found in the DESI Legacy Surveys data. There are four sets of lensed images in DESI-090.9854-35.9683, corresponding to four distinct background galaxies — from the outermost giant red arc to the innermost bright blue arc, arranged in four concentric circles. All of them are gravitationally warped — or lensed — by the orange galaxy at the very center.
Credit:DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys/LBNL/DOE & KPNO/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2104c |
Type: | Simulation |
Release date: | Jan. 13, 2021, 2:30 p.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2104 |
Size: | 2000 x 2000 px |
About the Object
Constellation: | Columba |
Category: | Galaxies Galaxy Clusters |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 6 3 56.51 |
Position (Dec): | -35° 58' 6.04" |
Field of view: | 2.24 x 2.24 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is -0.0° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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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 |