Improved Parameters and New Lensed Features for Q0957+561 from WFPC2 Imaging

Details Improved Parameters and New Lensed Features for Q0957+561 from WFPC2 Imaging Improved Parameters and New Lensed Features for Q0957+561 from WFPC2 Imaging

1997-05-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9705024v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages including 2 postscript figures, LaTeX, emulateapj style. Also available at http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu:80/users/p

Scientific paper

10.1086/310747

New HST WFPC2 observations of the lensed double QSO 0957+561 will allow improved constraints on the lens mass distribution and hence will improve the derived value of H$_0$. We first present improved optical positions and photometry for the known components of this lens. The optical separation between the A and B quasar images agrees with VLBI data at the 10 mas level, and the optical center of the primary lensing galaxy G1 coincides with the VLBI source G' to within 10 mas. The best previous model for this lens (Grogin and Narayan 1996) is excluded by these data and must be reevaluated. Several new resolved features are found within 10\arcsec of G1, including an apparent fold arc with two bright knots. Several other small galaxies are detected, including two which may be multiple images of each other. We present positions and crude photometry of these objects.

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