Quasar 'Lensed' in 6 Separate Images (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Niels Bohr Institute

Quasar 'Lensed' in 6 Separate Images

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Due to the special gravitational lens effect where light is bent as it passes heavy objects, such as galaxy clusters, a group of physics students at the Niels Bohr Institute observed a quasar whose light was reproduced six times. This has never been seen before.

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Håkon Dahle, Nordic Optical Telescope

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