Natural Lenses in Space Stretch Hubble's View of the Universe

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HST 15433+5352 is a very good lens candidate with a bluer lensed source in the form of an extended arc about the redder elliptical lensing galaxy.

Object Name: HST 15433+5352

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: Kavan Ratnatunga (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) and NASA

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Montage Image: Hubble's Top Ten Gravitational Lenses Image Type: Astronomical PRC1999-18 HST 01248+0351 Image Type: Astronomical PRC1999-18a HST 01247+0352 Image Type: Astronomical PRC1999-18b HST 16302+8230 Image Type: Astronomical PRC1999-18d HST 14176+5226 Image Type: Astronomical PRC1999-18e HST 12531-2914 Image Type: Astronomical PRC1999-18f HST 14164+5215 Image Type: Astronomical PRC1999-18g HST 16309+8230 Image Type: Astronomical PRC1999-18h HST 12368+6212 Image Type: Astronomical PRC1999-18i HST 18078+4600 Image Type: Astronomical PRC1999-18j

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