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The Cloverleaf quasar
The Cloverleaf Quasar, so named because it is actually a single object appearing as four, courtesy of gravitational lensing. In this phenomenon, foreground galaxies bend and magnify the distant quasar's light into four point sources of illumination.
Kredit:ESO
O snímku
| Id: | cloverleaf-quasar |
| Typ: | Pozorování |
| Datum zveřejnění: | 3. prosince 2009 23:21 |
| Velikost: | 830 x 816 px |
O objektu
| Jméno: | Cloverleaf quasar, H 1413+117 |
| Typ: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar |
| Vzdálenost: | z=2.56 (rudý posuv) |
| Kategorie: | Cosmology Galaxies Quasars and Black Holes |
