Cosmic Horseshoe 2 (IMAGE)

Royal Astronomical Society

Cosmic Horseshoe 2

Caption

Another image of the Cosmic Horseshoe, but with the pair of images of a second background source highlighted. The faint central image forms close to the black hole, which is what made the new discovery possible.

Credit

NASA/ESA/Tian Li(University of Portsmouth)

Usage Restrictions

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License

Public Domain

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