[New post] Seeing Quintuple

wjjhoge posted: "This Hubble image shows the light from a distant quasar being gravitationally lensed by a pair of closer galaxies. The quasar shows up in five places in the image. The four bright spots are obvious. The fifth is a dark spot near the center caused by an in" New post on hogewash Seeing Quintuple by wjjhoge This Hubble image shows the light from a distant quasar being gravitationally lensed by a pair of closer galaxies. The quasar shows up in five places in the image. The four bright spots are obvious. The fifth is a dark spot near the center caused by an interference effect resulting from two galaxies bending the light. Video Credit: ESA wjjhoge | August 20, 2021 at 6:09 am | Tags: ESA, Gravitational Lensing, Hubble Space Telescope, Quasar | Categories: Science, Star Porn | URL: https://wp.me/p1IUdy-leD Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from hogewash. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://hogewash.com/2021/08/20/seeing-quintuple/