NGC 6505 Einstein ring survey collection Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Boch, T.
  2. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

ESA's Euclid space telescope has captured a remarkable Einstein ring around the galaxy NGC 6505, located approximately 590 million light-years from Earth. This phenomenon occurs when the gravitational field of a massive foreground galaxy bends the light from a more distant galaxy, in this case situated 4.42 billion light-years away, forming a nearly perfect ring of light. The discovery highlights Euclid's advanced capabilities in observing gravitational lensing effects, which are instrumental in studying the distribution of dark matter and the expansion of the universe.

Keywords
  1. Sky survey
  2. Optical astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2025A&A...694A.145O
See also HTML
https://alasky.cds.unistra.fr/Euclid/CDS_P_Euclid_NGC6505-Einstein-Ring
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS/P/Euclid/NGC6505-Einstein-Ring

Access

IVOA Hierarchical Progressive Survey HIPS
https://alasky.cds.unistra.fr/Euclid/CDS_P_Euclid_NGC6505-Einstein-Ring
https://alaskybis.cds.unistra.fr/Euclid/CDS_P_Euclid_NGC6505-Einstein-Ring
Zoom-able skymap based on healpix tesselation, use through Aladin or Aladin-lite.

History

2025-03-14T13:15:00Z
Resource record created
2025-03-14T13:15:00Z
Created
2025-03-14T13:15:00Z
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