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Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera imaging of the gravitational lens 2237 + 0305Images of the gravitational lens system 2237 + 0305, taken with the HST Wide Field Camera, are analyzed. Positions for the four quasar images, accurate to +/-0.015 arcsec, and relative magnitudes in U and R, accurate to +/-0.06 and 0.04 mag, respectively, are determined. The upper limits on the observed brightness of the fifth image are found to be less than or approximately equal to 7 percent of the brightest quasar image. The mass of the lens inside 0.9 arcsec is found to be 1.08 +/-0.02 x 10 exp 10 solar masses/h100 corresponding to a mass-to-light ratio in B of 12.3h100. This solar mass/solar luminosity estimate agrees with values obtained from stellar dynamics for other elliptical galaxies. A comparison of predictions from this mass model with the measured central velocity dispersion yields a distance-independent agreement to within 10 percent, assuming isotropic velocity dispersions.
Document ID
19920071780
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Rix, Hans-Walter
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Schneider, Donald P.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Bahcall, John N.
(Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomical Journal
Volume: 104
Issue: 3 Se
ISSN: 0004-6256
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
92A54404
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-26555
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-1618
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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