Near perfect "Einstein Ring" gravitational lens.
Image credit: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.
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Near Perfect "Einstein Ring" Discovered Runaway Bride Finds It By the Side of the Road in New Mexico
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3 posted on
04/30/2005 8:00:09 AM PDT by
Andy from Beaverton
(I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
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4 posted on
04/30/2005 8:02:23 AM PDT by
Aetius
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5 posted on
04/30/2005 8:04:32 AM PDT by
Fiddlstix
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Why doesn't more of the lens galaxy show up in the picture?
6 posted on
04/30/2005 8:05:16 AM PDT by
FreeKeys
(Dyslexics -- UNTIE !!!)
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>> it gives the amount of mass within the lens at a redshift of z=1.
help me out here. redshift is a function of both mass and direction?
9 posted on
04/30/2005 8:10:56 AM PDT by
Glenn
(pardon the e.e.cummings look. a busted arm makes typing seem like work.)
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12 posted on
04/30/2005 8:43:48 AM PDT by
clyde asbury
(I'm not playing hard to get. I am hard to get.)
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Fascinating. What a shame that people like Stalin, Hitler, Castro etc... have to exist so that we have to divert so much time, money, and research for defense and rebuilding what the left leaves behind (and this is coming from a hawk).
13 posted on
04/30/2005 8:49:38 AM PDT by
MattinNJ
(Stop voter fraud-enact voter ID cards with photos w/ magnetic stripes that prevent multiple voting)
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