El Gordo (galaxy cluster) - Wikipedia
This galaxy cluster, officially named as, 'ACT-CL J0102-4915', has been given a 'nickname' by the researchers as 'El Gordo', which stands for "the Fat One" or "the Big One" in Spanish. It is located more than 7 billion light-years from Earth .
Webb Spotlights Gravitational Arcs in ‘El Gordo’ Galaxy Cluster
Aug 2, 2023 · Webb’s infrared image of the galaxy cluster El Gordo (“the Fat One”) reveals hundreds of galaxies, some never before seen at this level of detail. El Gordo acts as a gravitational lens, distorting and magnifying the light from distant background galaxies.
"El Gordo": A Galaxy Cluster That Pushes the Limits
Aug 2, 2023 · When astronomers discovered the galaxy cluster ACT-CL J0102-4915 in 2012 with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes, they nicknamed it "El Gordo" (Spanish for the "Fat One") because of its gigantic mass.
The El Gordo galaxy cluster moves faster than you might think
Nov 22, 2023 · Two galaxy clusters colliding at a rate of millions of miles per hour make up El Gordo’s enormous mass. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA. When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured its first...
El Gordo (NIRCam Image) - Webb
Aug 2, 2023 · Webb’s infrared image of the galaxy cluster El Gordo (“the Fat One”) reveals hundreds of galaxies, some never before seen at this level of detail. El Gordo acts as a gravitational lens, distorting and magnifying the light from distant background galaxies.
Monster “El Gordo” Galaxy Cluster is Bigger Than Thought - NASA
Apr 3, 2014 · This is a composite image of X-rays from Chandra and optical data from Hubble of the galaxy cluster ACT-CL J0102-4915, located about 7 billion light years from Earth. This cluster has been nicknamed “El Gordo” (or, “the fat one” in Spanish) because of its gigantic mass.
Webb Telescope's gravitational lens reveals distant objects behind 'El …
Aug 2, 2023 · The team of astronomers targeted a galaxy cluster known as “El Gordo” because it acts as a natural, cosmic magnifying glass through a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing. Its powerful gravity bends and distorts the light of objects lying behind it, similar to …
Tour of El Gordo Galaxy Cluster - Webb
Aug 2, 2023 · In July 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observed El Gordo, a galaxy cluster that existed 6.2 billion years after the big bang. It was selected as the most massive galaxy cluster known at that time in cosmic history.
NASA Hubble Team Finds Monster "El Gordo" Galaxy Cluster …
Apr 2, 2014 · NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has weighed the largest known galaxy cluster in the distant universe, catalogued as ACT-CL J0102-4915, and found it definitely lives up to its nickname -- El Gordo (Spanish for "the fat one").
Chandra :: Photo Album :: El Gordo :: April 3, 2014
This is a composite image of X-rays from Chandra and optical data from Hubble of the galaxy cluster ACT-CL J0102-4915, located about 7 billion light years from Earth. This cluster has been nicknamed "El Gordo" (or, "the fat one" in Spanish) because of its gigantic mass.