A Gravity-Lensed Distant Galaxy (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

A Gravity-Lensed Distant Galaxy

Caption

This image combines data from ALMA and the Hubble Space Telescope. Shown in red is the distant, background galaxy, being distorted by the gravitational lens effect produced by the galaxy in the foreground, depicted as the blue dot seen by Hubble. The background galaxy appears warped into a so-called Einstein ring: a circle of light around the foreground galaxy.

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Dan Marrone

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