JWST - potm2302a - RX J2129 - NIRCam - Magnification and reconstruction via AI.

This is our version, via our artificial intelligence model, of the image provided by JWST about the massive galaxy cluster RX J2129 on 28 February 2023.

 

This JWST observation by the NirCam instrument shows the massive galaxy cluster RX J2129. Due to gravitational lensing, this observation contains three different images of the same galaxy hosting a supernova. Gravitational lensing occurs when a massive celestial body causes sufficient curvature of space to bend the path of light passing through it, almost like a large lens. In this case, the lens is the galaxy cluster RX J2129, located about 3.2 billion light years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. Gravitational lensing can make background objects appear strangely distorted, as can be seen by the concentric arcs of light in the top right of this image.

 

The file is available at 0.98 billion pixels for download at a resolution of 35000x28000pixels.

 

Map of wavelengths/colours:

Blue: F115W+F150W;

Green: F200W+F277W;

Red: F356W+F444W.

 

Constellation: Aquarius.

Object Description: Galaxy Cluster and Gravitational Lens.

Distance: 3.2 billion light-years to cluster.

Release Date: February 28, 2023 06:00 (UTC).

 

Credits: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, P. Kelly. Magnification and reconstruction via AI by PipploIMP.

 

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