Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-02-06
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 2 figures, submitted to A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20020426
We report the serendipituous discovery of a conspicuous alignment of galaxies in a field obtained through the STIS Parallel Shear Survey. This project collects randomly distributed 50'' x 50'' fields to investigate the cosmic shear effect on this scale. Analyzing the parallel observations having the Seyfert galaxy NGC625 as primary target, we recognized over the whole field of view a strong apparent tangential alignment of galaxy ellipticities towards the image center. The field shows several arclet-like features typical for images of massive galaxy clusters, but no obvious over-density of bright foreground galaxies. We also find a multiple image candidate. On the basis of the possible strong and weak lensing effect within the data, we discuss whether this could be compatible with a massive halo with no clear optical counterpart.
Erben Thomas
Fosbury Robert A. E.
Freudling Wolfman
Haemmerle H.
Jain Bhuvnesh
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