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A Stretched Ring of Galactic Light from Quasar PG1115+080 in Infrared — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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A Stretched Ring of Galactic Light from Quasar PG1115+080 in Infrared

October 26, 1998 · NASA

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In this NICMOS image, the four quasar images and the lens galaxy have been subtracted, revealing a nearly complete ring of infrared light.