HUBBLE ATLAS

Deep fields & lensing

Zooming in on a gravitationally lensed galaxy merger in the distant Universe

August 26, 2014 · ESA/Hubble

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This video takes the viewer deep into an apparently sparsely occupied region of the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin). Here at the centre, looking like many other faint spots, is a remarkable object, a gravitationally lensed view of a distant galaxy merger.