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Hubble Frontier Field Galaxy Cluster MACS J0416.1-2403

About the Object

R.A. Position
R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
04h 16m 9.89s
Dec. Position
Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
04h 16m 9.89s
Constellation
ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
Eridanus
Distance
DistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
Redshift: z = 0.396

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.
MACS J0416-2403, MACS J0416.1-2403 is part of the Frontier Fields Program. These data were observed via the HST proposals: 13496: J. Lotz (STScI) et al.; 12459: M. Postman (STScI) et al. Supplemental data were obtained by proposal 13386, PI: S. Rodney (JHU) et al. The science team comprises: L. Infante (Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile), W. Zheng (JHU), N. Laporte and P. Troncoso (Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile), A. Molino (University of São Paulo, Brazil/Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia/CSIC, Spain), J. Diego (University of Cantabria, Spain), F. Bauer (Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, Chile/Space Science Institute, Boulder), A. Zitrin (Caltech), J. Moustakas (Siena College, NY), X. Huang (University of Science and Technology of China), X. Shu (Anhui Normal University, China), D. Bina (IRAP/CNRS Toulouse, France), G. Brammer (STScI), T. Broadhurst (University of Basque Country/IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Spain), H. Ford (JHU), and S. Garcia and S. Kim (Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile).
Instrument
InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFC3/IR
Exposure Dates
Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
January 5 - September 28, 2014
Filters
FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
ACS/WFC: F435W (I) and F606W (R); ACS/WFC: F814W (I) and WFC3/IR F105W (Y); WFC3/IR: F125W (J), F140W (JH), and F160W (H)

Object Name
Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
MACS J0416.1-2403 cluster
Object Description
Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
Strong-lensing cluster
Release Date
December 3, 2015
Science Release
NASA Space Telescopes See Magnified Image of the Faintest Galaxy from the Early Universe
Read the release
Credits
NASA, ESA, and L. Infante (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile); Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz (STScI) and the HFF team

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This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3/IR and ACS/WFC instruments. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths. 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: Blue: F435W (I) + F606W (R) Green: F814W (I) + WFC3/IR F105W (Y) Red: F125W (J) + F140W (JH) + F160W (H)

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