gravitational mirage

English
Einstein rings and partial Einstein rings, like this one, are gravitational mirages.

Noun

gravitational mirage (plural gravitational mirages)

  1. A distorted or false image of a distant galaxy (e.g. an image of a distant galaxy as a ring, or as multiple copies of itself) caused by a gravitational lens (a massive object located between the distant galaxy and the viewer, which alters how the light of the distant galaxy reaches the viewer).

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