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Einstein ring

an image of a distant light source (such as a galaxy or star) which has been distorted into a ring through gravitational lensing caused by an object with an extremely large mass (such as another galaxy or a black hole)

  • Chwolson ring
  • Einstein–Chwolson ring

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Double Einstein Ring.jpg
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