Astronomers Find a Rare "Einstein Cross"

Astronomers use powerful gravitational lenses to peer farther into the Universe than they could with their telescopes alone. A foreground galaxy acts as a natural lens for a more distant galaxy, magnifying it and often splitting its light into several versions. When the alignment is almost perfect, the light is split four ways into an "Einstein Cross." Only a few of these have ever been discovered, and now astronomers have found a new one using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. It's both beautiful and scientifically valuable for studying the distant Universe.

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http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12470

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https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211017.html

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#astronomy #EinsteinCross #GravitationalLensing An article accepted for publication in "The Astrophysical Journal" reports the identification of 12 #quasars whose image has been quadrupled by gravitational lenses obtaining images similar to the so-called Einstein Cross.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/04/11/12-einstein-crosses-discovered/

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https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171217.html

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