SDSS J143001.30 + 410440.6
| Data from SDSS J143001.30 + 410440.6 Epoch : J2000.0 Equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Boats |
| Right ascension | 14 h 30 m 01.3 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 04 ′ 41 ″ |
| Redshift of the lens and the foreground galaxy | approx. 0.3 |
| Catalog names | USNO-A2.0 1275-08458171, HST J143001.28 + 410440.8 |
SDSS J143001.30 + 410440.6 , often shortened to SDSSJ1430 , is a galaxy and an Einstein ring surrounding it in the constellation Bootes . The property was discovered during the Sloan Lens ACS (SLACS) Survey.
Sources and individual references
- SDSSJ1430: A Galaxy Einstein Ring - Astronomy Picture of the Day of July 28, 2008.
- Press release from the University of Hawaii Astronomy Institute in connection with the object
- Data page of the SDSS for the object
- Page to the object at Wikisky
- ^ Newton et al .: Enhanced lensing rate by clustering of massive galaxies: newly discovered systems in the SLACS fields ; in: The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 696, Issue 2, pp. 1125ff. (2009), bibcode : 2009ApJ ... 696.1125N