Hubble pr0n
Oct. 8th, 2008 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andygatesEveryone loves some Hubble pr0n, and this is a goodie. It's an eye in the sky!
In fact, this is two galaxies: the yellow centre is a galaxy about 2.2 billion light-years away. The blue arcs... they're a galaxy immediately behind it, about 11 billion light-years away. The arc effect is caused by gravitational lensing. Just another bit of jaw-dropping awesomeness in this big ol' universe. (More detail at badastronomy.com)
In fact, this is two galaxies: the yellow centre is a galaxy about 2.2 billion light-years away. The blue arcs... they're a galaxy immediately behind it, about 11 billion light-years away. The arc effect is caused by gravitational lensing. Just another bit of jaw-dropping awesomeness in this big ol' universe. (More detail at badastronomy.com)
