Gravitational Lens System SDSSJ0946+1006 (Zoom onto Double Einstein Ring)

stsci_2008-04c January 10th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Gavazzi and T. Treu (University of California, Santa Barbara), and the SLACS team

This is a zoom onto the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys image of gravitational lens system SDSSJ0946+1006, showing two concentric partial ring-like structures after subtracting the glare of the central, foreground galaxy.

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: SDSSJ0946+1006
Subject - Local Universe: Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 9h 47m 1.8s; DEC = 10° 6’ 33.5”
Constellation: Leo

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS/WFC)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm

ID: 2008-04c
Subject Category: C.6.2.1
Subject Name: SDSSJ0946+1006
Credits: NASA, ESA, R. Gavazzi and T. Treu (University of California, Santa Barbara), and the SLACS team

Release Date: 2008-01-10T00:00:00+00:00
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Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-04

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: ACS/WFC
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
Bandpass: I
Central Wavelength: 814

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
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Reference Value: 146.75735000, 10.10930833
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0804c-f-465x639.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/04

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

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