Zoom-in on the Einstein Ring on a Region in Fornax
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, Remi Cabanac and his European colleagues discovered an amazing cosmic mirage, known to scientists as an Einstein Ring. Dubbed FOR J0332-3557, this phenomenon is seen towards the southern constellation Fornax (the Furnace), and is remarkable on at least two counts : first, it is a bright, almost complete Einstein ring, and second, it is the farthest ever found as of this writing.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0521b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 30 June 2005 |
| Related releases: | eso0521 |
| Size: | 906 x 560 px |
About the Object
| Name: | FOR J0332-3557 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed • Galaxies • Cosmology |
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| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
| Optical R |
Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
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