NGC 6505 Einstein ring survey collection

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.

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS/P/Euclid/NGC6505-Einstein-Ring
Related Identifier https://alasky.cds.unistra.fr/Euclid/CDS_P_Euclid_NGC6505-Einstein-Ring
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS/P/Euclid/NGC6505-Einstein-Ring
Provenance
Creator Boch, T.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2025
Rights This HiPS is distributed under ODbL license by Unistra/CNRS; https://cds.unistra.fr/aladin-org/licences_aladin.html
OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy