HST 14176+5226

stsci_1999-18f May 13th, 1999

Credit: Kavan Ratnatunga (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) and NASA/ESA

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.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-18

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: HST 14176+5226
Subject - Distant Universe: Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing

Distance

7,000,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 14h 17m 29.3s; DEC = 52° 26’ 19.4”
Orientation: North is 76.7° CW
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Bootes

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm

ID: 1999-18f
Subject Category: D.6.2.1
Subject Name: HST 14176+5226
Credits: Kavan Ratnatunga (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1999-05-13T00:00:00
Lightyears: 7,000,000,000
Redshift: 7,000,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-18

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in lightyears from Galaxy. Quasar is ~11 billion light years away.

Facility: Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Blue, Red

Band: Optical, Infrared
Bandpass: V, I
Central Wavelength: 606, 814

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 214.37199924306, 52.43871627972
Reference Dimension: 65.00, 65.00

Reference Pixel: -87.25941861228, -607.98591177665
Scale: -0.00002754287, 0.00002754287
Rotation: -76.70826398535
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 306.90 638.80 31.70 34.37 294.09 649.92 17.58 24.24 298.49 629.49 38.36 23.71 315.24 646.81 25.31 43.96 314.64 625.90 45.74 39.48 322.49 668.44 6.06 55.93 Center Pixel Coordinates: 32.50 214.39907083092 32.50 52.44602093134

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Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9918f-f-65x65.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9918f-f-65x65.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/18

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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7,000,000,000 light years