Hubble Frontier Fields view of MACSJ0416.1–2403
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy cluster MACS J0416.1–2403. This is one of six being studied by the Hubble Frontier Fields programme, which together have produced the deepest images of gravitational lensing ever made.
Due to the huge mass of the cluster it is bending the light of background objects, acting as a magnifying lens. Astronomers used this and two other clusters to find galaxies which existed only 600 to 900 million years after the Big Bang.
Credit:NASA, ESA and the HST Frontier Fields team (STScI)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1523a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 22 October 2015, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1820, heic1523 |
| Related announcements: | ann1601 |
| Size: | 4169 x 4633 px |
About the Object
| Name: | MACS J0416.1-2403 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Constellation: | Eridanus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 4 16 8.95 |
| Position (Dec): | -24° 4' 28.35" |
| Field of view: | 2.08 x 2.32 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 21.7° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared Y | 1.05 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared J | 1.25 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared H | 1.4 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared W | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |