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  2. Einstein ring - Wikipedia

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    An Einstein Ring is a special case of gravitational lensing, caused by the exact alignment of the source, lens, and observer. This results in symmetry around the lens, causing a ring-like structure. [2] The geometry of a complete Einstein ring, as caused by a gravitational lens. The size of an Einstein ring is given by the Einstein radius.

  3. SDSSJ0946+1006 - Wikipedia

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    The main lens lies at redshift z = 0.222, with the inner ring at z = 0.609 with an Einstein radius R E = 1.43 ± 0.01" and magnitude m = 19.784 ± 0.006, the outer ring is at z ≲ 6.9 with R E = 2.07 ± 0.02" and magnitude m = 23.68 ± 0.09 [1] The lensing galaxy is also known as SDSSJ0946+1006 L1, with the nearer lensed galaxy as SDSSJ0946 ...

  4. General relativity - Wikipedia

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    Such effects are known as gravitational lensing. [109] Depending on the configuration, scale, and mass distribution, there can be two or more images, a bright ring known as an Einstein ring, or partial rings called arcs. [110] The earliest example was discovered in 1979; [111] since then, more than a hundred gravitational lenses have been ...

  5. Introduction to general relativity - Wikipedia

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    The Einstein Cross: four images of the same distant quasar, produced by a gravitational lens (the much closer foreground galaxy Huchra's lens) Since light is deflected in a gravitational field, it is possible for the light of a distant object to reach an observer along two or more paths.

  6. Einstein Cross - Wikipedia

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    The Einstein Cross (Q2237+030 or QSO 2237+0305) is a gravitationally lensed quasar that sits directly behind the centre of the galaxy ZW 2237+030, called Huchra's Lens.Four images of the same distant quasar (plus one in the centre, too dim to see) appear in the middle of the foreground galaxy due to strong gravitational lensing.

  7. Eddington experiment - Wikipedia

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    The main telescope had blurred images, which were discarded from the final conclusion, while the smaller one had the clearest images and was the most trustworthy. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Daniel Kennefick defends that without the Sobral photographs, the results of the 1919 eclipse would have been inconclusive and that the expeditions during future ...

  8. Relativistic images - Wikipedia

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    Relativistic images are images of gravitational lensing which result due to light deflections by angles ^ > /. This term was coined by Virbhadra and Ellis [ 1 ] in the year 2000 and is used by many researchers working in this field [ 2 ] (see also in [a] , [b] , and [c] .)

  9. File:Gravitational lensing of distant star-forming galaxies ...

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    English: This schematic image shows how light from a distant galaxy is distorted by the gravitational effects of a foreground galaxy, which acts like a lens and makes the distant source appear distorted, but magnified, forming characteristic rings of light, known as Einstein rings. An analysis of the distortion of SDP.81 caused by this effect ...