Gravitational Lenses
A gravitational lens is produced by the enormous gravitational field of a massive object which bends light to magnify, brighten and distort the image of a more distant object. Depending on the alignment between the objects and the mass distribution of the foreground lens, the more distant object can be smeared into arcs or split into pairs, triples, or even quadruple images.
Credit:
Kavan Ratnatunga (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9543b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 18 October 1995, 05:00 |
| Size: | 65 x 65 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 |
