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Double Einstein Ring in SDSS J0946+1006


Date: 09 January 2008
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: SDSSJ0946+1006
Copyright: NASA, ESA, and R. Gavazzi and T. Treu (University of California, Santa Barbara)

This is a close-up of the gravitational lens system SDSSJ0946+1006 showing two concentric partial ring-like structures after subtracting the glare of the central, foreground galaxy.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
12-Mar-2026 07:53 UT

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