SPT0418-47: lensed view to reconstructed view

This animation gives the viewer an idea of how astronomers reconstructed the true shape of the SPT0418-47 galaxy, from ALMA observations of the gravitationally lensed view of the galaxy.

SPT0418-47 is gravitationally lensed by a nearby galaxy, appearing in the sky as a near-perfect ring of light, shown at the start of the video. At the end, we see the image of SPT0418-47 that astronomers obtained when they used a new computer modelling technique to reconstruct its real shape and motion of gas.

Credit:

ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ)/Martin Kornmesser (ESO)

About the Video

Id:eso2013c
Release date:12 August 2020, 17:00
Related releases:eso2013
Duration:20 s
Frame rate:25 fps

About the Object

Name:SPT0418-47
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed
Category:Galaxies

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