The picture below shows the effects of gravitational lens effect. The HST took it in October of 1994. You can see the same blue beaded galaxy at 4, 8, 9, and 10 o’clock. The yellow cluster in the middle of the photo is the gravitational source and the blue galaxy actually is behind the cluster. This photo comes from the Astronomy Picture of the Day. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
APOD I've been using the Astronomy Picture of the Day for my startup page for a couple of years now, and it's constantly a joy to behold. Check it out at http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
APOD I too check it out frequently. But not as a startup page. Miss a few now and then but there is plently of photos out there and a lot of them are excellent as seen from the small sampling that I've posted here.
are the rest of the blue spots on the side of the 'cirkel' the same galaxy?? or is it just coincidence they are exactly on that places...?
The blue beaded galaxy is the same one whose light has been bent by gravity. It appears in several differnt locations though it is the same galaxy in all cases. however there are other blue objects in the picture that are not this galaxy.
