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HST 14176+5226
HST 14176+5226 is the first, and brightest lens system discovered in 1995 with the Hubble telescope. This lens candidate has now been confirmed spectroscopically using large ground-based telescopes. The elliptical lensing galaxy is located 7 billion light-years away, and the lens...
- Date
- Jan 1, 1999
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-1999-18-808-image
HST 14176+5226 is the first, and brightest lens system discovered in 1995 with the Hubble telescope. This lens candidate has now been confirmed spectroscopically using large ground-based telescopes. The elliptical lensing galaxy is located 7 billion light-years away, and the lensed quasar is about 11 billion light-years distant.
Credits
Credit: Kavan Ratnatunga (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) and NASAImage Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | HST 14176+5226 |
| R.A. Position | 14h 17m 36.3s |
| Dec. Position | 52° 26' 44.0" |
Source
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