Lensed Quasar and its Surroundings (IMAGE)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Lensed Quasar and its Surroundings

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HE0435-1223, located in the centre of this wide-field image, is among the five best lensed quasars discovered to date. The foreground galaxy creates four almost evenly distributed images of the distant quasar around it.

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