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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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
• X - Galaxies
• X - Cosmology

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