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Giant Gravitational Arc

CreditsCredit: NASA, ESA, and A. Gonzalez (University of Florida, Gainesville), A. Stanford (University of California, Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and M. Brodwin (University of Missouri-Kansas City and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Date
Jan 1, 2012
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2012-19-3024-image
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Credits

Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Gonzalez (University of Florida, Gainesville), A. Stanford (University of California, Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and M. Brodwin (University of Missouri-Kansas City and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameGiant Arc in Galaxy Cluster IDCS J1426.5+3508
Object DescriptionDistant galaxy
R.A. Position14h 25m 59.99s
Dec. Position35° 7' 59.99"
ConstellationBoötes
Distance10 billion light-years
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe image was created from Hubble data from proposals: : M. Brodwin (University of Missouri-Kansas City and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) et al. : A. Stanford (University of California, Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) et al. The science team includes: A. Stanford (University of California, Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and M. Brodwin (University of Missouri-Kansas City and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Gonzalez, C. Fedeli, D. Gettings, and C. Mancone (University of Florida, Gainesville), P. Eisenhardt, D. Stern, and L. Moustakas (JPL), A. Dey and B. Jannuzi (NOAO), G. Zeimann (University of California, Davis), G. Snyder (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), T. Plagge, J. Carlstrom, and E. Leitch (University of Chicago), D. Marrone (Steward Observatory), and M. Joy (NASA/MSFC).
InstrumentHST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFC3/IR
Exposure DatesJuly 8, 2010 and November 7, 2010
FiltersWFC3/IR: F160W (H) ACS/WFC: F814W (I)
About The Image
Color InfoThis image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the ACS/WFC and WFC3/IR instruments. Several filters were used to sample various wavelength and energy ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Orange: F160W (H) Blue: F814W (I)

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