{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Boötes}}
{{Infobox galaxy|name=PGC 1470080|image=File:LEDA 1470080 Potw2229a.jpg|caption=[[Hubble Space Telescope]] image of PGC 1470080|constellation name=[[Boötes (constellation)|Boötes]]|ra=14h 38m 45.035s|dec=+14d 54m 12.56s|z=0.237274|h_radial_v=71,133 km/s|dist_ly=3.010 [[light year|Gly]] (922.87 [[Megaparsec|Mpc]])|sbrightness=17.5 mag|type=BrCLG|size=571,000 ly|names=[[Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database|LEDA]] 1470080, [[2MASX]] J14384504+1454128, SDSSCGB 05343.01, WHL J143845.0+145412 BCG, [[2MASS]] J14384502+1454125, [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] J143845.03+145412.5|epoch=[[J2000.0]]}}
'''PGC 1470080''' is a type E<ref>{{Cite web |title=HyperLeda -object description |url=http://atlas.obs-hp.fr/hyperleda/ledacat.cgi?o=PGC%201470080 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=atlas.obs-hp.fr}}</ref> [[elliptical galaxy]] located in the [[Boötes]] constellation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Miscellaneous Principal Galaxy Catalog (PGC) Objects |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/pgc1x.htm |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=cseligman.com}}</ref> It is located 3 billion [[light-year]]s away from the [[Solar System]] and has a [[diameter]] of 571,000 light-years,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Your NED Search Results |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=3332105&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}}</ref> making it a [[type-cD galaxy]] and one of the [[List of largest galaxies|largest]].
== Characteristics == It is the [[brightest cluster galaxy]] of the [[galaxy cluster]], WHL J143845.0+145412.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NED Search Results for WHL J143845.0+145412 |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=179538584&objname=2&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}}</ref> The galaxy acts as a [[gravitational lens]] for a much more distant [[spiral galaxy]] which is called SGAS J143845+145407.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=information@eso.org |title=Lens Flair |url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw2229a/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=www.spacetelescope.org |language=en}}</ref> This creates a mirror image of the galaxy thus creating a masterpiece.<ref name=":1" />
Such of this phenomenon occurs, when a massive [[Astronomical object|celestial body]] such as a [[galaxy cluster]] which creates sufficient [[General relativity|curvature of spacetime]] for the path of light to be bent by the lens.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gravitational Lensing {{!}} Center for Astrophysics {{!}} Harvard & Smithsonian |url=https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/research/topic/gravitational-lensing |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=www.cfa.harvard.edu}}</ref> This creates multiple images of the original galaxy which as seen, the background object appears as a distorted arc or a ring.<ref name=":1" />
This observation takes advantage of gravitational lensing to peer through early universe galaxies. It helps to reveal details of distant galaxies that is unobtainable and allowing [[astronomer]]s to determine [[star formation]] in such early galaxies.<ref name=":1" /> Not to mention, it gives [[scientist]]s a better insight on how [[Galaxy formation and evolution|evolution of galaxies]] have unfolded.<ref name=":1" /> By using gravitational lensing is also a very useful tool which contributes significant new results in areas as different as the [[Cosmic distance ladder|cosmological distance scale]], [[dark matter]] in halos and [[Galaxy filament|galaxy structures]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wambsganss |first=Joachim |date=1998 |title=Gravitational Lensing in Astronomy |journal=Living Reviews in Relativity |volume=1 |issue=1 |article-number=12 |doi=10.12942/lrr-1998-12 |doi-access=free |issn=1433-8351 |pmc=5567250 |pmid=28937183|arxiv=astro-ph/9812021 |bibcode=1998LRR.....1...12W }}</ref>
According to the [[Hubble Space Telescope|Hubble]] image of PGC 1470080, it is shown to be a peculiar [[lenticular galaxy]] rather than an elliptical galaxy as expected.<ref name=":0" />
== References == <references />
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