A small image of a galaxy distorted by gravitational lensing into a dim ring. At the top of the ring are three very bright spots with diffraction spikes coming off them, right next to each other: these are copies of a single quasar in the lensed galaxy, duplicated by the gravitational lens. In the centre of the ring, the elliptical galaxy doing the lensing appears as a small blue dot. The background is black and empty.
by astro_naren_06
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So very pretty. 😍😍
The Universe unfolds as it should.
Gravitational lensing shots like this never get old, nature’s own telescope.