Lensed Galaxies in VV 191 (Webb and Hubble Composite Image) - NASA Science

Lensed Galaxies in VV 191 (Webb and Hubble Composite Image)

Two large, very bright galaxies dominate the center of the image. At right is a bright spiral galaxy. At left is an elliptical galaxy with an extremely bright core. A light white box overlays the elliptical galaxy and reappears at the bottom left, showing the area in a larger view. A stretched red arc appears above the elliptical galaxy at 10 o’clock and a red dot appears at 4 o’clock.

Editor’s Note : This post highlights data from Webb science in progress, which has not yet been through the peer-review process. Researchers identified a previously unknown lensed galaxy for the first time in new near-infrared data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Examine…