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

ObjectValue
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

BandWave-lengthTele-scope
Optical
G
474 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
DECam
Optical
R
644 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
DECam
Infrared
Z
926 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
DECam