OGLE-2003-BLG-235L/MOA-2003-BLG-53L

19,000 light-years (5.8 kiloparsecs)

This image was created from HST data from proposals 10426 I. Bond (Massey University), D. Bennett (University of Notre Dame), M. Jaroszynski (Warsaw University), B. Paczynski (Princeton University), N. Rattenbury (University of Manchester), A. Udalski (Warsaw University), and P. Yock (University of Auckland).

The science team comprises: D. Bennett (University of Notre Dame), J. Anderson (Rice University), I. Bond (Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand), A. Udalski (Warsaw University Observatory), and A. Gould (Ohio State University)

F435W (B), F555W (V), F814W (I)

NASA, ESA, D. Bennett (University of Notre Dame), and J. Anderson (Rice University)

This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Three filters sample broad wavelength ranges, one isolates the light of hydrogen. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:

Blue: F435W (B)
Green: F555W (V)
Red: F814W (I)