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Lensed quasar


Date: 25 January 2017
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: HE1104-1805
Copyright: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Suyu et al.

HE1104-1805 is among the five best lensed quasars discovered to date. The foreground galaxy in the centre of the image creates two distinct images of the distant quasar to both sides of it.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
10-Apr-2026 17:36 UT

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