Astronomy:KIDS J232940-34092

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Pisces
KIDS J232940-34092
Observation data
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension352.417753
Declination34.156375
Distance5.2 billion light years
Characteristics
TypePost-Blue Nugget

KIDS J232940-34092 is a massive quadruple lens compact post-blue nugget type galaxy that is located at Redshift 0.38, meaning it is located about 5.2 billion light years from Earth.[1] It has a Einstein cross effect, a effect where light from a distant galaxy comes across a region of spacetime that is warped (gravitational lensed) by a massive galaxy in the lights path.[2][3] It was discovered along with KIDS J122456+005048, another blue nugget galaxy with a Einstein cross.[4]

The galaxy has a evolved stellar population of very little stellar formation. This was discovered due to the galaxy's prominent absorption features.[5]

Reference

  1. Kohler, Susanna (2020-12-01). "Nugget Galaxies Cross in the Sky". AAS Nova Highlights: 7305. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020nova.pres.7305K. 
  2. Hensley, Kerry (2023-08-21). "Featured Image: A New Einstein Cross" (in en-US). https://aasnova.org/2023/08/21/featured-image-a-new-einstein-cross/. 
  3. Napolitano, N. R.; Li, R.; Spiniello, C.; Tortora, C.; Sergeyev, A.; D’Ago, G.; Guo, X.; Xie, L. et al. (2020-12-03). "Discovery of Two Einstein Crosses from Massive Post-blue Nugget Galaxies at z > 1 in KiDS". The Astrophysical Journal 904 (2): L31. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/abc95b. ISSN 2041-8213. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/abc95b. 
  4. Napolitano, N. R.; Li, R.; Spiniello, C.; Tortora, C.; Sergeyev, A.; D'Ago, G.; Guo, X.; Xie, L. et al. (2020-12-03). "Discovery of two Einstein crosses from massive post--blue nugget galaxies at z>1 in KiDS" (in English). Astrophysical Journal Letters 904 (2). doi:10.3847/2041-8213/abc95b. ISSN 2041-8205. https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/discovery-of-two-einstein-crosses-from-massive-post-blue-nugget-g. 
  5. Napolitano, N. R.; Li, R.; Spiniello, C.; Tortora, C.; Sergeyev, A.; D'Ago, G.; Guo, X.; Xie, L. et al. (2020-12-03). "Discovery of two Einstein crosses from massive post--blue nugget galaxies at z>1 in KiDS". The Astrophysical Journal 904 (2): L31. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/abc95b. ISSN 2041-8213. http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.09150. 

Coordinates: Sky map 23h 29m 40.261s, +02° 16′ 37.53″