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Split, Distorted Light from Quasar PG1115+080 in Infrared
The light from the single quasar PG115+080 is split and distorted in this infrared image.
- Object NameObject NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.PG1115+080
- Release DateOctober 26, 1998
- Science ReleaseNew Research That Uses Gravitationally Lensed Quasars to Measure Universe is Good News, Bad News for Cosmologists
- CreditCredit: Christopher D. Impey (University of Arizona)
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Split, Distorted Light From Quasar PG1115+080 (left) and a Stretched Ring of Galactic Light (right)
Left: The light from the single quasar PG 1115+080 is split and distorted in this infrared image. PG 1115+080 is at a distance of about 8 billion light years in the constellation Leo, and it is viewed through an elliptical galaxy lens at a distance of 3 billion light years. The...
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