The cluster in this image, known as J0717, is the grouping of bright objects near the center of the field. Upon close examination, examples of the very distant background galaxies can be seen as distorted arcs scattered through the cluster. The clusters warp space around them, magnifying background galaxies. The effect is somewhat like looking through the bottom of a wine glass, which both magnifies and alters the shape of background objects. On average, the gravitational warping of space by foreground clusters magnifies background galaxies four to ten times, while some are magnified more on the order of a hundred times. Spitzer's sensitive infrared observations will be used to gauge the mass of the foreground clusters and background galaxies. The observatory will also help determine if certain galaxies are in fact the far-off, early galaxies of interest or just nearby galaxies. Observations from Spitzer's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) at 3.6 and 4.5 microns have been combined into a single blue-tinted image.

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