Galaxy Zoo Talk

lensed galaxy

  • suelaine by suelaine

    could the arrangement of galaxies and stars on the left be a lens?

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate

    in a word, no. The objects on the left are stars in our own galaxy, and they have far too little mass to be able to create lensed images that are detectable in SDSS images.

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