MAGIC Observes a Gravitational Lens at Very High Energies (IMAGE)

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

MAGIC Observes a Gravitational Lens at Very High Energies

Caption

Photons are emitted from a galaxy QSO B0218+357 in the direction of the Earth. Due to the gravitational effect of the intervening galaxy B0218+357G photons form two paths that reach Earth with a delay of about 11 days. Photons were observed by both the Fermi-LAT instrument and the MAGIC telescopes.

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(MAGIC Image credits: Daniel López/IAC; Hubble image of B0218+357G credits: NASA/ESA; AGN image credits: NASA E/PO - Sonoma State University, Aurore Simonnet)

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