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Gravitationally Lensed Image of Distant Galaxy in Abell 68

CreditsNASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage/ESA-Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: N. Rose

Date
Jan 1, 2013
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2013-09-3154-image
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Credits

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage/ESA-Hubble Collaboration;
Acknowledgment: N. Rose

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameAbell 68
Object DescriptionGravitationally Lensed Distant Galaxy
R.A. Position00h 36m 59.4s
Dec. Position09° 8' 30.05"
ConstellationVulpecula
Distance2.1 billion light-years (644 million parsecs)
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe image was created from Hubble data from proposal : J.P. Kneib (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille) and collaborators.
InstrumentHST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFC3/IR
Exposure DatesOctober 18, 2010 and November 14, 2010
FiltersWFC3/UVIS: F814W (I) WFC3/IR: F110W (YJ) and F160W (H)
About The Image
Color InfoThis image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the ACS and WFC3 instruments. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths. 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: Blue: F814W (I) Green: F110W (YJ) Red: F160W (H)

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