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Never thought I’d wake up with Kommander Karl talking about Einstein rings. That’s most likely an elliptical galaxy, a star doesn’t have enough mass to bend light that much. You can see it’s an extended source since it looks fuzzy, while the stars in the foreground show the 4 diffraction spikes.
January 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM