Posted on Jul 5, 2022
APOD: 2022 July 5 - A Molten Galaxy Einstein Ring Galaxy
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Good evening, Rallypoint, and welcome to the July 5th edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "A Molten Galaxy Einstein Ring Galaxy." This celestial lava lamp is located in the southern constellation of Fornax, about 60 million light years away from Earth. Gravitational lensing is at work here; the light emitted from galaxies furthest away is being bent by the gravity of galaxies closer to us.
Since the source (the more distant galaxies), the lens (the galaxy cluster), and the observer (us) are more or less in a straight line, the Einstein ring appears. Courtesy of our Hubble Space Telescope.
Pretty groovy, eh?
Since the source (the more distant galaxies), the lens (the galaxy cluster), and the observer (us) are more or less in a straight line, the Einstein ring appears. Courtesy of our Hubble Space Telescope.
Pretty groovy, eh?
APOD: 2022 July 5 - A Molten Galaxy Einstein Ring Galaxy
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An amazing image for sure, Maj William W. 'Bill' Price!!! I have never seen anything like this, Bill!
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From article : “The narrow galaxy elegantly curving around its spherical companion in this image is a fantastic example of a truly strange and very rare phenomenon. Taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the image depicts GAL-CLUS-022058s, located in the southern hemisphere constellation of Fornax (the Furnace). GAL-CLUS-022058s is the largest and one of the most complete Einstein rings ever discovered in our universe.
“The object has been nicknamed by astronomers studying this Einstein ring as the "Molten Ring," which alludes to its appearance and host constellation.”
“The object has been nicknamed by astronomers studying this Einstein ring as the "Molten Ring," which alludes to its appearance and host constellation.”
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