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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

Portion of the distant universe, including a gravitational lensing effect. This is the J0516-5755 cluster. Processed JWST/NIRCam data by @thocarp.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/19746... 🔭 🧪

A deep-field image of the distant universe, taken with the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) aboard the James Webb Space Telescope. The image shows a vast expanse of dark space filled with countless galaxies of various shapes, sizes, and colors. The galaxies appear as fuzzy blobs of light, with some showing evidence of active star formation. The background is filled with faint, distant galaxies that are barely visible to the human eye.

The image is centered on a massive galaxy cluster, known as J0516-5755, which acts as a gravitational lens. The cluster's immense gravity bends and magnifies the light from distant galaxies behind it, allowing astronomers to see objects that would otherwise be too faint to detect. The image captures a wide range of wavelengths of light, from the near-infrared to the mid-infrared, which reveals a wealth of new details about the distant universe.

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single-sarcelle.bsky.social @single-sarcelle.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

How is the gravitational lensing effect manifest here ?

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