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    Hubble Space Telescope Captures a “Five-Star” Rated Gravitational Lens

    By ESA/HubbleMarch 20, 20228 Comments1 Min Read
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    Galaxy Cluster SDSS J1004+4112
    The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of galaxy cluster SDSS J1004+4112 as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The image is the first-ever picture of a single distant quasar lensed into five images and also shows a rich abundance of banana-like arcs from lends background galaxies and even a supernova. Credit: European Space Agency, NASA, Keren Sharon (Tel-Aviv University) and Eran Ofek (CalTech)

    This full-size Hubble image shows galaxy cluster SDSS J1004+4112 that was discovered as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. It is one of the more distant clusters known (seven billion light-years, redshift z=0.68), and is seen when the Universe was half its present age. The image is the first-ever picture of a single distant quasar lensed into five images and also shows a rich abundance of banana-like arcs from lends background galaxies and even a supernova. Four of the five quasar images are seen as star-like images surrounding the center of the cluster. The fifth quasar image is embedded to the right of the core of the central galaxy in the cluster.

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    8 Comments

    1. Francisco Andrade on March 20, 2022 5:40 am

      There is so much to discover and understand. It is amazing.

      Reply
    2. Eye rolls on March 20, 2022 4:16 pm

      Yea, like who exactly is writing articles like this? Junior high students? Grammar and spelling should full well be a thing of the past no?

      Reply
      • Matt on March 21, 2022 9:43 am

        Yet you fail to leave a perfect display of proper writing skills. If you can’t read this article, proper grammar isn’t going to help you much.

        Reply
    3. Don't on March 20, 2022 10:35 pm

      Can I read one article where there isn’t a grammar and spell check snob?

      Reply
    4. BL Drake on March 21, 2022 7:14 am

      Nothing wrong with grammar. Just because you don’t understand context and semantics doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with writing.

      Reply
    5. Hubble on March 21, 2022 2:38 pm

      Nano brains entirely missing the point and arguing abt who’s more stupid while the mystery of the universe ROTFLIFAO at them.

      Reply
    6. AF on March 21, 2022 8:41 pm

      Are one paragraph articles acceptable in journalism now a days?

      Reply
    7. mano on March 30, 2022 6:21 am

      Typo: ‘lends’ should presumably be ‘lensed’

      Reply
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