Distant Galaxy MS 1512-cB58
The image reveals the gravitationally amplified, elongated image of the very distant, 20.6-mag galaxy MS 1512-cB58 (indicated with an arrow). The photo is is a reproduction of a composite image of the field around the distant cluster of galaxies MS 1512+36 (redshift 0.37), obtained with the WFPC2 camera on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
It is based on exposures in two filters (F555 + F675). The observations are described in a research paper by Seitz et al. (Monthly Notices of the RAS, August 1998, Vol. 298, p. 945 ff). The lensed image of the galaxy MS 1512-cB58 is seen at an angular distance of about 5 arcsec from the centre of the cluster. The north direction is at about 1 o'clock and east is at 10 o'clock. The field measures approx. 45 x 60 arcsec2.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0208a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 11 March 2002 |
| Related releases: | eso0208 |
| Size: | 1200 x 1600 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Gravitational Microlensing, MS 1512 +36-cB58, MS 1512-cB58 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed • Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster • X - Galaxy Clusters • X - Galaxies |
| Distance: | z=2.723 (redshift) |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical R |
675 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
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