Gemini North image of the field around "Shadow Blaster"
noirlab_noirlab2615b June 17th, 2026
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/ Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) Acknowledgment: PI: Yuji Urata (MITOS Science Co., LTD.)
This image shows the field around the gravitationally lensed galaxy nicknamed "Shadow Blaster." This galaxy lies 11 billion light-years away and sits just behind the bright red galaxy at the center of this image. The red foreground galaxy acts like a cosmic magnifying glass, enlarging and distorting the image of the more distant Shadow Blaster galaxy behind it. See a close-up image of Shadow Blaster and the gravitational lens here. This image was captured by the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2615b/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2615b
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/ Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) Acknowledgment: PI: Yuji Urata (MITOS Science Co., LTD.)
- Release Date
- 2026-06-17T02:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2615b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North
- Instrument
- GMOS-N, GMOS-N, GMOS-N, GMOS-N
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- z, i, r, g
- Central Wavelength
- 876, 780, 630, 475
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 60.522140290834066, -4.408051396673216
- Reference Dimension
- 786.0, 882.0
- Reference Pixel
- 393.0, 441.0
- Scale
- -4.490131619603851e-05, 4.490131619603851e-05
- Rotation
- -19.959999999999972
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noirlab2615b
- Resource URL
- https://noirlab.edu/public/resources/image/original/noirlab2615b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2026-06-14T08:03:04.949908
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
