Black holes

Lensed quasar

January 26, 2017 · ESA/Hubble · CLASS B1608+656 · Draco

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B1608+656 is among the five best lensed quasars discovered to date. The two foreground galaxies smeared the light of the more distant quasar's host galaxy into bright arcs.

More Hubble images of CLASS B1608+656