A Schematic Diagram of Eye of Horus (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

A Schematic Diagram of Eye of Horus

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This is a schematic diagram showing the location of galaxies creating the gravitational lens effect of Eye of Horus. A galaxy 7 billion light years from the Earth bends the light from the two galaxies behind it at a distance of 9 billion light years and 10.5 billion light years, respectively.

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