[Image Description: In the centre is an elliptical galaxy, seen as an oval-shaped glow around a small bright core. Around this is wrapped a broad band of light, appearing like a spiral galaxy stretched and warped into a ring, with bright blue lines drawn through it where the spiral arms have been stretched into circles. A few distant objects are visible around the ring on a black background.]

https://esawebb.org/images/potm2503a/

SMACSJ0028.2-7537 is the cluster that creates the lensing effect, the spiral galaxy is seen behind it.

  • loops@beehaw.orgOP
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    5 days ago

    I don’t know, but judging by how red it looks I’d say really heckin’ old and really heckin’ far.