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
About the Object
| Name: | Medium Deep Survey |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed |
| Category: | Cosmology |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |