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Close-up on double Einstein ring

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This is a close-up of a gravitational lens showing two concentric partial ring-like structures after subtracting the glare of the central, foreground galaxy.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. Gavazzi and T. Treu (University of California, Santa Barbara)

 

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Id:heic0803c
Object:SDSSJ0946+1006
Type:Cosmology, Galaxy
Instru-ment:ACS
Width:465
Height:639

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