Right: In this NICMOS image, the four quasar images and the lens galaxy have been subtracted, revealing a nearly complete ring of infrared light.
| Quasar PG1115+080 and Gravitational Lens | 9837w | ||
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The light from the single quasar PG 1115+080 is split and distorted in this
infrared image.
Right: In this NICMOS image, the four quasar images and the lens galaxy have been subtracted, revealing a nearly complete ring of infrared light. |
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| Image Credit: Christopher D. Impey (University of Arizona) and NASA | |||
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| Left: The light from the single quasar PG 1115+080 is split and distorted in this infrared image. PG 115+080 is at a distance of about 8 billion light years in the constellation Leo, and it is viewed through an elliptical galaxy lens at a distance of 3 billion light years. | |
Right: In this NICMOS image, the four quasar images and the lens galaxy have been subtracted, revealing a nearly complete ring of infrared light. This ring is the stretched and amplified starlight of the galaxy that contains the quasar, some 8 billion light years away. | |
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