Galaxies Away (APOD 8 Feb 2007)
Galaxies Away (APOD 8 Feb 2007)
I understand the principle of gravitational lensing. I can't see any gravity lens arcs in this image. Would APOD like to re-publish this image some other day and indicate the arcs with little arrows? This would help me. DEK
Even in this large image,
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2007 ... /print.jpg
I too do not see any lensing effects.
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2007 ... /print.jpg
I too do not see any lensing effects.
I believe the gravitational lensing is washed out by the glare of the large elliptical in that image. If you follow the link from the APOD page, you'll come to a page with a processed version of the image where the lensing is more visible.
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The image is only 450 million years away.
If you want to see gravitational lensing see this one
Galaxy Cluster Lenses Farthest Known Galaxy
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040217.html
Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689 Warps Space
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040627.html
Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960424.html
At the same time, the question is what does the bending of the light. There are some interesting view on this or is it an optical error.
The image is only 450 million years away.
If you want to see gravitational lensing see this one
Galaxy Cluster Lenses Farthest Known Galaxy
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040217.html
Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689 Warps Space
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040627.html
Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960424.html
At the same time, the question is what does the bending of the light. There are some interesting view on this or is it an optical error.
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The one you want is this one http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2007 ... ge_web.jpg.
Its the same image but has the scaling changed so you can see the arcs more clearly in the inset. I work with the guys that made it, and it is pretty cool.
Its the same image but has the scaling changed so you can see the arcs more clearly in the inset. I work with the guys that made it, and it is pretty cool.