Hubble finds double einstein ring

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Hubble finds double einstein ring

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other like a bull's-eye pattern. The double-ring pattern is caused by the complex bending of light from two distant galaxies strung directly behind a foreground massive galaxy, like three beads on a string.


The massive foreground galaxy is almost perfectly aligned in the sky with two background galaxies at different distances. The foreground galaxy is 3 billion light-years away. The inner ring and outer ring are comprised of multiple images of two galaxies at a distance of 6 billion and approximately 11 billion light-years.


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Re: Hubble finds double einstein ring

Wouw, dat is erg mooi,

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Al ben ik bang dat het ook wel eens iets anders kan zijn, dus in plaats van 2 sterrenstelsels, maar een die uit twee delen bestaat ofzo, of een ander optisch effect. Soms is iets te knap.

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