Image:Einstein ring.jpg

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Image taken by Hubble Space Telescope; description at http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1990/20/image/a/

Sorry, file name is misleading. This is an Einstein cross, not an Einstein ring (which is what I had intended to upload at first).

Credit: NASA and ESA


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current 08:40, 13 June 2007 Thumbnail for version as of 08:40, 13 June 2007 300×278 (12 KB) Mapos (Image taken by Hubble Space Telescope; description at http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1990/20/image/a/ Credit: NASA and ESA {{PD-Hubble}})
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