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Lensed view of SPT0418-47

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eso_eso2013a August 12th, 2020

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rizzo et al.

Astronomers using ALMA, in which the ESO is a partner, have revealed an extremely distant galaxy that looks surprisingly like our Milky Way. The galaxy, SPT0418-47, is gravitationally lensed by a nearby galaxy, appearing in the sky as a near-perfect ring of light.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2013a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: SPT0418-47 • SPT-S J041839-4751.8
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 18m 39.7s; DEC = -47° 51’ 52.7”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Horologium

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	ALMA (Band 7)	Millimeter (CII)	830.0 µm

Spectrum_ir1

Orange

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ID: eso2013a
Subject Category: D.5.1.8
Subject Name: SPT0418-47, SPT-S J041839-4751.8
Credits: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rizzo et al.

Release Date: 2020-08-12T17:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2013a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Instrument: Band 7
Color Assignment: Orange

Band: Millimeter
Bandpass: CII
Central Wavelength: 830000

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Dataset ID: None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 64.6653184178, -47.8646519411
Reference Dimension: 809.0, 455.0

Reference Pixel: 404.5, 227.5
Scale: -2.79159842712e-06, 2.79159842712e-06
Rotation: -0
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: https://www.eso.org
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Email

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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province: None

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso2013a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2013a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-07-29T15:40:27+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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