MACS J0416.1-2403

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MACS J0416.1–2403
Color image of galaxy cluster MCS J0416.1–2403.jpg
Galaxy cluster MCS J0416.1–2403 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, HST Frontier Fields
Observation data (Epoch J2000.0 [1])
Constellation(s) Eridanus
Right ascension 04h 16m 09.9s [1]
Declination −24° 03′ 58″ [1]
Redshift 0.420000[1]
Other designations
MACS J0416.1-2403,[1] MACS J0416-2403, MACS 0416.1-2403, MACS 0416-2403, 1RXS J041609.9-240358[1]
See also: Galaxy groups, Galaxy clusters, List of galaxy clusters

MACS J0416.1-2403 is a galaxy cluster at a redshift of z=0.397 with a mass 160 trillion times the mass of the Sun inside 200 kpc (650 kly). Its mass out to a radius of 950 kpc (3,100 kly) was measured as 1.15 × 1015 solar masses.[2] The system was discovered[3] during the Massive Cluster Survey, MACS.[4] This cluster causes gravitational lensing of distant galaxies producing multiple images.[5][6] In 2015, the galaxy cluster was announced as gravitationally lensing the most distant galaxy (z = 12).[citation needed]

Gallery

  • A cosmic kaleidoscope.jpg

    MACS J0416.1-2403 contains a significant amount of dark matter, which leaves a detectable imprint in visible light by distorting the images of background galaxies.[7]

  • Faint Compact Galaxy in the Early Universe.jpg

    Very massive cluster of galaxies, MACS0416.1-2403, located roughly 4 billion light-years away.[8]

  • Hubble Frontier Fields view of MACSJ0416.1–2403.jpg

    Galaxy cluster MACS J0416.1–2403 is one of six being studied by the Hubble Frontier Fields programme.[9]

References

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