MACS0416.1-2403

Galaxy cluster MCS J0416.1–2403 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope

MACS J0416.1-2403 is a galaxy cluster at a redshift of z=0.397 with a mass 160 trillion times the mass of the sun inside 200 kiloparsec (kpc). Its mass out to a radius of 950 kpc was measured as 1.15 x 1015 solar masses.[1] The system was discovered[2] during the Massive Cluster Survey, MACS.[3] This cluster causes gravitational lensing of distant galaxies producing multiple images.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Jauzac, Mathilde; Eric Jullo; Dominique Eckert; Harald Ebeling; Johan Richard; Marceau Limousin et al. (23 June 2014). "Hubble Frontier Fields: The Geometry and Dynamics of the Massive Galaxy Cluster Merger MACSJ0416.1-2403". arXiv. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Mann, Andrew; Harald Ebeling (March 2012). "X-ray-optical classification of cluster mergers and the evolution of the cluster merger fraction".
  3. ↑ Ebeling, Harald; Alastair Edge; J. Patrick Henry (June 2001). "MACS: A Quest for the Most Massive Galaxy Clusters in the Universe". Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Diego, Jose M. (4 June 2014). "Free Form Lensing Implications for the Collision of Dark Matter and Gas in the Frontier Fields Cluster MACSJ0416.1-2403".
  5. ↑ "New mass map of a distant galaxy cluster is the most precise yet". 24 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.