ALMA Image of SDP.81 (image)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Caption

An ALMA image of SDP.81 (orange arches around the bright object) was overlaid on a near-infrared image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The inset shows a close up of the ALMA image (left) and the simulation produced by the model (right). The reader can see that the model accurately reproduces the observed Einstein ring.

Credit

Credit: Y. Tamura (The University of Tokyo)/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

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