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.

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:cloverleaf-quasar
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:3 december 2009 23:21
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Over het object

Naam:Cloverleaf quasar, H 1413+117
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed
Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Afstand:z=2.56 (roodverschuiving)
Categorie:Cosmology
Galaxies
Quasars and Black Holes

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