AkaSci 🛰️ on Nostr: This Quasar-studded Ring is the JWST picture of the month. The 4 "jewels" (3 at the ...

This Quasar-studded Ring is the JWST picture of the month. The 4 "jewels" (3 at the top, 1 at the bottom) are images of the same quasar RX J1131-1231, 6 billion light-years away, whose light has been gravitationally bent by a foreground galaxy (the blue dot). The blue ring is the lensed and smeared image of the quasar's host galaxy.

At the heart of the quasar lies a super massive black hole (SMBH), which powers the luminous radiation of the object.

https://esawebb.org/images/potm2406a/
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