Supernova Refsdal (Multiply Imaged and Gravitationally Lensed by Galaxy Cluster)

stsci_2015-08c March 5th, 2015

Credit: NASA, ESA, and S. Rodney (JHU) and the FrontierSN team; T. Treu (UCLA), P. Kelly (UC Berkeley), and the GLASS team; J. Lotz (STScI) and the Frontier Fields team; M. Postman (STScI) and the CLASH team; and Z. Levay (STScI)

A 2015 Hubble Space Telescope image of SN Refsdal

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2015/news-2015-08

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: SN Refsdal
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed; Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster; Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova

Distance

9,300,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 11h 49m 35.1s; DEC = 22° 24’ 10.9”
Constellation: Leo

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (Y)	105.0 nm
	Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (J)	125.0 nm
	Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (JH)	140.0 nm
	Hubble (WFC3)	Infrared (H)	160.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
November 3, 2014 - December 14, 2014

ID: 2015-08c
Subject Category: D.5.1.8 D.5.5.3 D.3.1.8
Subject Name: SN Refsdal
Credits: NASA, ESA, and S. Rodney (JHU) and the FrontierSN team; T. Treu (UCLA), P. Kelly (UC Berkeley), and the GLASS team; J. Lotz (STScI) and the Frontier Fields team; M. Postman (STScI) and the CLASH team; and Z. Levay (STScI)

Release Date: 2015-03-05T00:00:00
Lightyears: 9,300,000,000
Redshift: 9,300,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2015/news-2015-08

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: 9.3 billion light-years or 2.9 billion parsecs (supernova); 5 billion light-years or 1.5 billion parsecs (cluster)

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Green, Green, Red, Red, Blue, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: Y, J, JH, H, V, I
Central Wavelength: 105, 125, 140, 160, 606, 814

Start Time: 2013-12-24T00:00:00, 2014-10-01T00:00:00, 2013-12-24T00:00:00, 2013-11-02T00:00:00, 2014-11-20T00:00:00, 2013-11-02T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: N

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 177.3961667, 22.4030389
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p1508c-f-940x940.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1508c-f-940x940.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2015/08

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

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

9,300,000,000 light years