Abell 370

Abell 370, photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope

Abell 370 is a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator, an estimated six billion light years from the Milky Way and made up of several hundred galaxies .

Abell 370 is best known for its gravitational lensing effect . In the second half of the 1980s, for example, several luminous curved objects were discovered and interpreted as mirrored galaxies , which are located behind the galaxy cluster. Among these objects is The Dragon , then called A0.

In 2002, the galaxy HCM-6A was also discovered by Abell 370 using the gravitational lensing effect. The galaxy was the most distant observed object when it was discovered.

Web links

Commons : Abell 370 - collection of images, videos and audio files

astronews.com: Detailed look at Abell 370 May 5, 2017
NASA: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190319.html March 19, 2019

Individual evidence

^ Scott A. Grossman: Gravitatonaly lensed objects in Abell 370 . In: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 . 1989, bibcode : 1989ApJ ... 344..637G (English).
↑ David Shiga: Upgraded Hubble telescope spies cosmic 'dragon'. In: New Scientist. September 9, 2009, accessed May 31, 2015 .
↑ EM Hu, LL Cowie, RG McMahon, P. Capak, F. Iwamuro, J.-P. Kneib, T. Maihara and K. Motohara: A Redshift z = 6.56 Galaxy behind the Cluster Abell 370. In: The Astrophysical Journal. April 1, 2002, accessed May 31, 2015 .

[Grossman89-1] Scott A. Grossman: Gravitatonaly lensed objects in Abell 370 . In: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 . 1989, bibcode : 1989ApJ ... 344..637G (English).

[Shiga09-2] David Shiga: Upgraded Hubble telescope spies cosmic 'dragon'. In: New Scientist. September 9, 2009, accessed May 31, 2015 .

[Ester_Hu_02-3] EM Hu, LL Cowie, RG McMahon, P. Capak, F. Iwamuro, J.-P. Kneib, T. Maihara and K. Motohara: A Redshift z = 6.56 Galaxy behind the Cluster Abell 370. In: The Astrophysical Journal. April 1, 2002, accessed May 31, 2015 .