New image by Hubble of lensed galaxies in galaxy cluster called Abell 2537

• by Budgieye moderator

  [...] Abell 2537 is a particularly efficient lens, as demonstrated by
  the stretched stripes and streaking arcs visible in the frame. These
  smeared shapes are in fact galaxies, their light heavily distorted by
  the gravitational field of Abell 2537.

  This spectacular scene was captured by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for
  Surveys and Wide-Field Camera 3 as part of an observing program called
  RELICS.

  

  https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/potw1748a.jpeg

  Credit: ESA/Hubble/NASA
  Text Credit: European Space Agency

  Last Updated: Dec. 1, 2017
  Editor: Karl Hille

  https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/hubble-sees-galaxy-cluster-warping-space-and-time

  Posted December 3, 2017 9:22 AM