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Lensed quasar and its surroundings (HE0435-1223) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Lensed quasar and its surroundings

January 26, 2017 · ESA/Hubble · HE0435-1223 · Eridanus

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HE0435-1223, located in the centre of this wide-field image, is among the five best lensed quasars discovered to date. The foreground galaxy creates four almost evenly distributed images of the distant quasar around it.