ALMA image of the gravitationally lensed galaxy SDP.81
The bright orange central region of the ring (ALMA's highest-resolution observation ever) reveals the glowing dust in this distant galaxy. The surrounding lower-resolution portions of the ring trace the millimetre-wavelength light emitted by carbon dioxide and water molecules.
Credit:ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); B. Saxton NRAO/AUI/NSF
About the Image
Id: | ann15028a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 7 April 2015, 15:00 |
Related announcements: | ann15028 |
Size: | 2153 x 2153 px |
About the Object
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed |
Category: | Galaxies
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