Principled Man Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 (edited) This image is packed full of galaxies! A keen eye can spot exquisite elliptical galaxies and spectacular spirals, seen at various orientations: edge-on with the plane of the galaxy visible, face-on to show off magnificent spiral arms, and everything in between. With the charming name of SDSS J0146-0929, this is a galaxy cluster — a monstrous collection of hundreds of galaxies all shackled together in the unyielding grip of gravity. The mass of this galaxy cluster is large enough to severely distort the space-time around it, creating the odd, looping curves that almost encircle the center of the cluster. These graceful arcs are examples of a cosmic phenomenon known as an Einstein ring. The ring is created as the light from a distant objects, like galaxies, pass by an extremely large mass, like this galaxy cluster. In this image, the light from a background galaxy is diverted and distorted around the massive intervening cluster and forced to travel along many different light paths toward Earth, making it seem as though the galaxy is in several places at once. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2018/hubble-finds-an-einstein-ring Edited April 7, 2018 by Principled Man 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 This is awesome! There is a planetarium near us that is having an open house with their telescope tomorrow night! Maybe I will go and ask them if there are any that can be seen. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Wow.......! :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boots Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 This is interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 The best one found so far was from 2015. SMILE!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) Very neat! :) I appreciate a bit of Astronomy. Edited April 22, 2018 by Verena 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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