eso_eso0321b July 16th, 2003
Credit: ESO
The spectra of two of the star-like images in the gravitational lens system RXS J1131-1231 (labeled A and D in the top panel) are very similar and are therefore from the same object, i.e., the lensed quasar. The emission lines identified in these spectra are typical of a quasar and the redshft is measured as z = 0.66. The bottom panel shows the spectrum of the lensing, elliptical galaxy at redshift z=0.3.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0321b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
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