The Quiescent Galaxy eMACSJ1341-QG-1 as Seen by the Hubble Space Telescope (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

The Quiescent Galaxy eMACSJ1341-QG-1 as Seen by the Hubble Space Telescope

Caption

The yellow dotted line traces the boundaries of the galaxy's gravitationally lensed image. The inset on the upper left shows what eMACSJ1341-QG-1 would look like if we observed it directly, without the cluster lens. The dramatic amplification and distortion caused by the intervening, massive galaxy cluster (of which only a few galaxies are seen in this zoomed-in view) is apparent.

Credit

Harald Ebelling, University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy.

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