Gravitational Lenses
These two objects represent a new distant class of quadruple, or cross-shaped, gravitational lenses which might eventually provide astronomers with a powerful new 'magnifying glass' for probing a variety of characteristics of the universe.
Credit:
Kavan Ratnatunga (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9543a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 18 October 1995, 05:00 |
| Size: | 800 x 465 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Medium Deep Survey |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed • Cosmology Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
