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Compass Image of Gravitationally Lensed Quasars

Compass Image of Gravitationally Lensed Quasars

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
    The HST observations include those from programs 14594 (R. Bielby), 15177 (A. Nierenberg), 15320 (T. Treu), 13732 (A. Nierenberg) and, 12874 (D. Floyd).
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    WFC3/IR
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    30 April 2013 through 15 August 2018
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    F105W, F140W, F160W
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    RX J0911+0551, WGD J0405-3308, HS 0810+2554, PS J1606-2333, WFI 2033-4723, SDSS J1330+1810
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    6 background quasars gravitationally lensed by foreground galaxies
  • Release Date
    January 8, 2020
  • Science Release
    Hubble Detects Smallest Known Dark Matter Clumps
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, A. Nierenberg (JPL) and T. Treu (UCLA)

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Compass Image of Gravitationally Lensed Quasars
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3/IR instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample particular wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are Cyan: F140W/F105W Orange: F160W

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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