The Cloverleaf quasar
eso_cloverleaf-quasar December 3rd, 2009
Credit: ESO
The Cloverleaf Quasar, so named because it is actually a single object appearing as four, courtesy of gravitational lensing. In this phenomenon, foreground galaxies bend and magnify the distant quasar's light into four point sources of illumination.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/cloverleaf-quasar/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- cloverleaf-quasar
- Subject Category
- D.5.1.8 D.5.3.2.1
- Subject Name
- Cloverleaf quasar, H 1413+117
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2009-12-03T23:21:16
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/cloverleaf-quasar/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
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- Bandpass
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- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 830.0, 816.0
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- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- cloverleaf-quasar
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/cloverleaf-quasar.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-10-11T09:26:05.512326
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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