Close-up of gravitational lenses with annotations
An extremely large gravitational lens around galaxy cluster PLCK G287.0+32.9 with annotations indicating which galaxies have been distorted as a result of the galaxy cluster's warping of spacetime.
Credit:DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys/LBNL/DOE & KPNO/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani, R. Colombari & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2325c |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | Sept. 28, 2023, 11:30 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2325 |
Size: | 2209 x 1603 px |
About the Object
Name: | PLCKESZ G287.0+32.9 |
Category: | Galaxy Clusters |
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Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Optical g | 473 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical r | 642 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical i | 784 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical H-alpha | 662 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |