The Einstein Ring SDP.81 seen with ALMA
ALMA’s Long Baseline Campaign has produced a spectacularly detailed image of a distant galaxy being gravitationally lensed, revealing star-forming regions — something that has never seen before at this level of detail in a galaxy so remote. The new observations are far more detailed than any previously made of such a distant galaxy, including those made using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and reveal clumps of star formation in the galaxy equivalent to giant versions of the Orion Nebula.
The gravitationally lensed galaxy SDP.81, which appears as an almost perfect Einstein Ring, is seen here.
Credit:ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ)/Y. Tamura (The University of Tokyo)
About the Image
| Id: | eso1522c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 8 June 2015, 20:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1522 |
| Size: | 932 x 932 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Einstein Ring, H-ATLAS J090311.6+003906, SDP 81 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Lensing Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed |
| Distance: | z=3.04 (redshift) |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 9 3 11.58 |
| Position (Dec): | 0° 39' 6.64" |
| Field of view: | 0.08 x 0.08 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 18.7° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Millimeter | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |